The Jon Hall was won overnight stardom in the year 1937 South Seas spectacular Hurricane. Which he must be chosen for the position of the smooth-muscled native hero seemed approximately inevitable although born in the Fresno, and Hall grew up in Tahiti as well as was once the island’s swimming winner.
The Jon Hall was also claimed his mother descend from Tahitian royalty. The Hall was an unknown one hundred fifty dollar contract player at Goldwyn production when Jon Hall was cast in Hurricane.
It did not hurt his chances which the film was based on a novel written with the Hall’s uncle, and James Norman Hall, as well as his collaborator Charles Nordhoff.
