The Hurricane

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The Hurricane is a 1937 American disaster drama film directed by John Ford, renowned for its groundbreaking special effects depicting a devastating tropical storm in the South Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
artDirectionBy Richard Day
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
basedOn The Hurricane (novel)
basedOnWorkBy Charles Nordhoff
James Norman Hall
centralEvent destructive hurricane
centralTheme conflict between islanders and colonial authorities
cinematographyBy Bert Glennon
composer Alfred Newman
costumeDesignBy Omar Kiam
countryOfOrigin United States
director John Ford
distributedIn United States
distributor United Artists
editor Lloyd Nosler
filmingTechnique miniature effects for storm sequences
rear projection
genre disaster
drama
narrativeLocation fictional South Seas island
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Assistant Director
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
notableFor depiction of a devastating tropical storm
groundbreaking special effects
originalLanguage English
producer Samuel Goldwyn
productionCompany Samuel Goldwyn Productions
publicationDate 1937
releaseFormat theatrical film
runtime approximately 110 minutes
setIn South Pacific
specialEffectsSupervisor Farciot Edouart
James Basevi
stars C. Aubrey Smith
Dorothy Lamour
John Carradine
Jon Hall
Mary Astor
Raymond Massey
Thomas Mitchell
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century

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Dorothy Lamour notableWork The Hurricane
Jack Pennick appearedIn The Hurricane
James Norman Hall notableWork The Hurricane
Deborah Kara Unger notableWork The Hurricane
Malcolm Stuart Boylan notableWork The Hurricane
William Haade appearedIn The Hurricane