The Hurricane (1937 film)

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

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instanceOf film
artDirector Alexander Toluboff
Richard Day
author Charles Nordhoff
James Norman Hall
basedOn The Hurricane (novel)
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Bert Glennon
countryOfOrigin United States
director John Ford
distributedIn United States
distributor United Artists
editedBy Lloyd Nosler
genre disaster
drama
hasTheme conflict between islanders and colonial authorities
human struggle against natural disaster
musicBy Alfred Newman
narrativeLocation French Polynesia
notableFor groundbreaking special effects depicting a tropical cyclone
originalLanguage English
oscarNominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction
Academy Award for Best Assistant Director
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
oscarNominee Thomas Mitchell
oscarWon Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
producer Samuel Goldwyn
productionCompany Samuel Goldwyn Productions
releaseDate 1937-09-09
releaseYear 1937
runtime approximately 110 minutes
screenwriter Dudley Nichols
Oliver H.P. Garrett
setting Polynesia
South Pacific
specialEffectsSupervisor Farciot Edouart
Gordon Jennings
James Basevi
starring C. Aubrey Smith
Dorothy Lamour
John Carradine
Jon Hall
Mary Astor
Raymond Massey
Thomas Mitchell

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James Basevi workedOn The Hurricane (1937 film)
Jon Hall knownFor The Hurricane (1937 film)