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...great day itself will be chosen by Colonel B. G. Holzman, a meteorologist. For proper observation, there should be no overcast. But the Colonel's greatest worry will be the mighty cloud of radioactive gases and particles which will rise like a thunderhead above the explosion. From it may fall a deadly sprinkle, and the Colonel's job is to see that it falls on empty ocean...
...success of such pictures as "My Friend Flicka," "Lassie Come Home," "Home in Indiana," and "Thunderhead" makes it apparent that Hollywood has rediscovered a gold mine in the old theme of a child's love for an animal. "National Velvet" is the latest in this pleasing series, and it pretty largely lives up to the high standards set by its predecessors...
...Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (20th Century-Fox) is a well-ventilated, prettily colored sequel to My Friend Flicka (TIME, April 26, 1943). Its simple story (Roddy McDowall breaks and trains Thunderhead; Thunderhead runs a race, kills a wild Albino stallion that has been raising hob among the local mares and becomes king of the herd) keeps horses constantly moving in the open air, across grandiose Northwestern landscapes. Horses in motion are always cinegenic, whether or not the motion makes any other sort of sense; and a couple of fights in this picture are dramatic as well as beautiful to watch...
Roddy McDowall, some very appealing horses, and skillful, if sometimes over-intense, technicolor have been thrown together in a game attempt to make "Thunderhead" palatable entertainment, but even Hollywood has no antidote for poor writing, miscasting, and haphazard direction. While horse fanciers and McDowall enthusiasts may thrill to "Thunderhead," the more critical will probably--and properly--consider it a mass of mistakes...
Miss O'Hara's story of the son of Flicka, heroine of an earlier production, should by all rights have made fascinating movie fare. In the novel, as indeed in the picture, Thunderhead is an equine throwback to his outlaw grandparent. The story is of a rancher's son who tries to win the horse to the ways of man, who fails, but dramatically grows up in the process...