Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 15, 1937

Hurricane (Samuel Goldwyn). Since most Hollywood actors and many actresses look foolish when stripped down to a sarong, pictures requiring this type of undress are proverbially hard to cast. Producer Samuel ("The Touch") Goldwyn risked almost two million dollars on the talents of an unknown young actor and; a girl who a year ago was a $75-a-week stock player.

Jon Hall (real name Charles Locher), 24, was known as "Terutevaegiai" (young white god on Heaven's highest shelf) by the Tahitians with whom he paddled outrigger canoes, rode surf boards, and whom he defeated in...

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