Romantic melodrama features great visual effects
“The Hurricane” is one of director John Ford’s most popular films of the 1930s, largely on the strength of its spectacular visual effects. Based on the novel by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff that was first serialized in “The Saturday Evening Post,” the film follows the plight of Terangi (Jon Hall, “Arabian Nights”), a native of the French-controlled island Manakoora. After marrying his childhood sweetheart, Marama (Dorothy Lamour, “Road to Morocco”), Terangi takes a job on a ship. While docked in Tahiti, Terangi gets into a fight with a white man, an offense punishable by a prison term. Strict French governor DeLaage (Raymond Massey) is bound to uphold the law. Appeals made by a doctor (Thomas Mitchell), priest (C. Aubrey Smith), the ship’s captain (Jerome Cowan), and the governor’s own wife (Mary Astor) fail to change DeLaage’s resolve.<br /><br />This begins a chain of events that entangles the freedom-loving Terangi in an ever-tightening web of white “justice.” Terangi escapes many times only to be captured and sentenced to longer and longer terms. Each time he gets away, he tries to return to Manakoora and his beloved Marama, while DeLaage, with Javert-like obsession, relentlessly pursues him. The personal story of the two lovers is underscored by the theme of institutional colonialism. The conflict is between personal freedom and oppressive, racist, imposed laws.<br /><br />One of Hollywood’s earliest disaster films, “The Hurricane” features a 15-minute climactic sequence created by special-effects wizard James Basevi, who was responsible for the earthquake scenes in “San Francisco” a year earlier. The hurricane scenes were directed not by Ford, but by an uncredited Stuart Heisler, a fact acknowledged by Ford himself. Though filmed nearly 80 years ago without benefit of computer enhancement, these scenes still pack an impressive dramatic wallop. “The Moon of Manakoora,” written by Frank Loesser (lyrics) and Alfred Newman (music) for this film, was recorded by Dorothy Lamour in 1937 and became an American pop standard.<br /><br />Special features on the Blu-ray release, newly remastered in high definition, include audio commentary by film historian Joseph McBride, author of “Searching for John Ford: A Life,” and the original theatrical trailer.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Newly re-mastered in HD! The Hurricane is one of the most spectacular productions of the 1930s directed by the legendary John Ford (The Searchers). An intolerant Governor (Raymond Massey, Arsenic and Old Lace) sets off a series of tragic events in an idyllic Pacific paradise, disrupting the peaceful lives of newlywed islanders Terangi (John Hall, Arabian Nights) and Marama (Dorothy Lamour, My Favorite Brunette). Terangi is wrongly imprisoned by racist officials and after many failed escape attempts, additional years are added to original his six month jail term. Terangi finally succeeds and returns to Marama after a long absence, but only to be confronted with one of the most savage natural disasters to ever hit the island. The devastating hurricane was created by special effects wizard, James Basevi (San Francisco), who used enormous wind machines along with elaborate network of pipes and holding tanks to destroy the native village he had built. Ford acknowledged that assistant director Stuart Heisler (The Glass Key) was the driving force behind The Hurricane, and together they created a highly enjoyable film that stands as a landmark of Hollywood disaster films. The amazing cast includes Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, John Carradine and Jerome Cowan.Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, the author of Searching For John Ford: A Life | Original Theatrical Trailer.