![]() ![]() The background score depends heavily on "There Will Never Be Another You" from the Sonja Henie/John Payne film ICELAND produced by Fox the same year, this time used only as orchestral music. ![]() It was called the Thunderbird because the flapping of its powerful wings sounded like thunder. Described as a supernatural being, the enormous bird symbolized power and strength that protected humans from evil spirits. Trivia notes: When Sutton talks about his grandfather, he pulls out an old photo of director William Wellman wearing pilot gear. The Thunderbird is a widespread figure in Native American mythology in the United States and Canada. He's unable to do anything with the trite happenings on the ground, given the poor quality of the script. Wellman's direction, it's the spectacular aerial photography that stands out. Unfortunately, all three of them have one-dimensional roles that any routine actor could play and none of them deliver anything special in the acting department. The other is the pleasure of seeing PRESTON FOSTER and JOHN SUTTON get more screen time than usual as the men she has to choose between. One of them is Tierney looking stunning in all of her Technicolor close-ups. The minute the planes land, the routine story does nothing but get nowhere for seventy-eight minutes. Ironically, as long as it stays in the air, it's on firm ground. Otherwise, I'd rank it much lower, even though it stars GENE TIERNEY, PRESTON FOSTER and JOHN SUTTON. THUNDER BIRDS only gets a "6" from me because of its brilliant Technicolor photography, which looks marvelous on the print TCM is showing.
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