Word: samburan
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...Conrad's Victory (first made in 1919), Paramount had the vitals of a really scary thriller. The dreadful days on the little island of Samburan when creepy Mr. Jones and his two frightening assistants were looking for some swag can curl the hair of the most composed reader. Axel Heyst, mustachioed philosopher who lives in seclusion on the island with his Chinese servant, has heroic proportions. The howling storm which engulfs the last stages of the drama is great theatre. Alma, the helpless, buffeted pianist who escapes with Heyst to the peace of Samburan from oppression in an itinerant...
...screen, due to constructional troubles, these sure-fire ingredients never quite jell into good melodrama. Scenarist John Balderston's script spends so much valuable time setting the scene and building the characters, it has to whisk through Mr. Jones's horrendous visit to Samburan. A line-up of Hollywood's most finished actors, nicely guided by the delicate directional hand of John Cromwell, holds long points, like patient bird dogs, for the chills. Then in a few hurried strokes, the villains are disposed of and it is time for the clinch...
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