The Amazing Adventure (1936)
Also known as The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
1936 · Feature film · 61 min · dir. Alfred Zeisler
A Story of Rags to Riches... and More Riches
- romantic comedy
Synopsis
A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Alfred Zeisler
- Writer
- John L. Balderston
- Composer
- Werner Bochmann
- Cinematography
- Otto Heller
- Studio
- Garrett-Klement Pictures
- Released
- 1936-07-28
- Running time
- 61 minutes
Cast & crew
- Alfred Zeisler Director
John Turnbull
Frank Stanmore
Charles Farrell
Mary Brian
Cary Grant
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · A 61 Minute Gem · Ella Greggs · 2005-10-26
This would be a pleasant diversion of a movie even if Cary Grant weren't in it, because the story is engaging and moves along at a brisk pace. But it is such a treat to watch Cary Grant embody the title role. All the charms and subtleties, the vulnurability and cold anger, the humor and physicality that he brought to so many great roles in so many great films are all here in this little 61 minute gem.
★★★★★ · Riches to rags to riches. · soopergrape · 2005-10-15
A slightly predictable, yet very entertaining story. Given that this was made in 1936 I thought that the London setting was interesting. Young Cary Grant had already found his style and I always fall for it. I wonder if he ever really deviated from it, I'll have to find his first movie. He always made his character seem like someone I'd really like to know.
★★★★★ · The most debonair man in the movies! · Budro · 2009-06-27
Cary Grant has always been my favorite male actor. I love every movie he has made, no matter how bad the script. No other actor even comes close to this man.
★★★★★ · The raw talent of Cary Grant · Jarhead7973 · 2013-06-11
This movie is just more proof that Cary Grant was the winner in the lotto of life. How he was predisposed to acting is unknown to me, but he certainly was a diamond for the public who enjoys a natural actor. His acting is flawless and he becomes the part he plays.
★★★★★ · The Amazing Adventure · cosmo2u · 2021-01-19
This is one of the best copies I have seen of this movie! It is one of my favorites. Thank you Archive!
★★★★ · Money mad · picfixer · 2010-02-08
This is one of those movies that are impossible to dislike. Carey Grant returned to king and country to make this seriocomic Depression romance that is sort of like "Brewster's Millions" in reverse, but with more serious overtones. Grant is fine, as always, and so is his all-British supporting cast. There are some nice romantic touches, and while there is little in the way of the broad comedy Grant would become famous for, there are quiet laughs. There is one boisterous exception in a knockdown brawl that comes close to being slapstick. All in all, a sweet time-passer with a warm and fuzzy…
