Today is WIZ’s third birthday, and we’re in the mood to give gifts to our loyal readers. For its giveaways, WIZ chooses flicks that feature nature in some way. Our featured movie this time: Typhoon, starring Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston.
This movie comes from an age when Hollywood trotted out the tropics when it needed an idyllic backdrop to frame one of its golden-throated beauties. Because, you know, nothing makes nature look better than a sarong-clad peach. Typhoon contains several formulaic parallels to The Jungle Princess (reviewed here on WIZ), the movie that launched Lamour’s acting career. Typhoon is another eye-and-ear candy adventure-romance starring Dorothy Lamour and animal friends along with a young Robert Preston in a screenplay that features cutting-edge special effects for 1930s-era films (Typhoon was released in 1940). Continue reading “WIZ’s Birthday Retro Review: Typhoon”
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