Word: bora
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Team. Of the two men, bullnecked Congressman La Guardia was the more vital and forceful insurrectionist. Bora in Manhattan 49 years ago, the son of an Italian musician, he spent most of his early life at Whipple Barracks, Prescott, Ariz., where his father was Army bandmaster. Graduated from New York University in 1910, he turned to politics, was first elected to Congress in 1916. Instead of warming his seat during the War he became a major in the Army, was sent to Italy in command of U. S. aviation forces, flew bombing planes over the Austrian lines. Later he returned...
There is no dialog in Tabu. The story is told entirely by pictures, helped by infrequent and skilful subtitles, accompanied by Composer Hugo Reisenfeld's synchronized "musical setting." Three of the five actors are natives of Bora Bora, one of two Southern Pacific Islands where Director Fred W. Murnau spent 18 months making Tabu. Best shot: Matahi coasting down a waterfall...
...collaborated with Director Robert J. Flaherty (Nanook of the North, Moana) on the story of Tabu. He built himself a house on Bora Bora, 300 miles from Tahiti in the Society Islands, and spent three months selecting natives for his cast. Six months ago he returned to Hollywood. Last fortnight he was killed when his car ran off the road some miles north of Santa Barbara, rolled down a 30-ft. embankment and landed on him at the bottom...