The Amazing Adventure |  | Director: Alfred Zeisler
Actors: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Kendall, Leon M. Lion
Studio: Alpha Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 71868
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 61 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 089218320698
UPC: 089218320698
EAN: 0089218320698
ASIN: B00005YUNA
Theatrical Release Date: February 27, 1937
Release Date: February 19, 2002
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 Great early film from a Great Actor May 11, 2010
Mark Showalter (Gainesville, Florida United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had never seen this entire film before, so I was glad that I got a chance to get through the entire story. Grant was simply a natural actor & the best at being himself. Or, as he was once reported to have said: "Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Hell, even I want to be Cary Grant. " Well, you can see him on his way to becoming himself in this delightful film. It's still in the genre of the girl loves the guy but he has no money so she can't fall for him or marry him predicament, but it still works. His beautiful co-star is just that, beautiful & certainly fun to watch as Cary plays......well...you know..........
Don't miss this film.
A moral tale...in the better sense. April 13, 2010
Nancy Docken (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
A spoiled, rich man takes on a challenge to live without his wealth and earn his way in the world. Along the way, he is only allowed to use his money to help others, and he abides by the agreement despite some cost to himself personally. Yup, he makes it through the challenge, because he is basically a strong-willed person who was told he didn't have the guts to stay the course, and he discovers he wants to do the right thing.
Sure it's rather hokey, but wouldn't it be great if an obscenely rich someone today had the guts to learn what it was like to live this way beyond the 8 hours a day for the week or so it takes to do a "reality" show. OK, off my soapbox.
The acting isn't great, but the lesson is. I'd watch Cary Grant in almost anything. This is a movie I wanted my grandchildren to see. The modern day equivalent is "The Ultimate Gift", also worth seeing for a moral tale. (I like moral tales.)
Ernest Bliss finds earnest bliss April 2, 2010
Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Transfers of ECHO BRIDGE (aka "Platinum Disc") public domain movies is about average. No sign of restoration on their 60 and 70 year old films, with none dubbed from pristine studio prints. Minor downside: this company superimposes a faint logo on-screen every so often.
British-made THE AMAZING ADVENTURE (originally "The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss") features a low-key Cary Grant at the top of his game as an indolent son of wealth who attempts to earn his physician's respect by betting he can forsake family riches and comfort and make his way in the world for a year, starting with only a small wardrobe and £5 in his pocket.
In this typical mid-Depression Era romantic comedy, uppercrust Bliss gets an education in how the working class lives. Along the way he also finds compassion for his fellow creature, becomes a better man himself, falls in love with a real sweety (Miss Brian) and wins his wager with the doctor.
It's another take on MY MAN GODFREY (1936) or SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941), and almost a reversal of the FINIAN'S RAINBOW song, "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich," although here Cary successfully transitions from idle rich to being gainfully employed, as first an appliance salesman and then a chauffeur. It's not a movie classic, but "The Amazing Adventure" is pleasant enough, never drags, and is a definite treat for us Archibald Leach devotees. Recommended.
Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.
(6.3) The Amazing Adventure (1936) - Cary Grant/Mary Brian/Peter Gawthorne/Henry Kendall
Ernest Bliss finds earnest bliss April 2, 2010
Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
ALPHA VIDEO offers bargain priced, often hard-to-find vintage movies that are ideal for those willing to skip DVD extras. Their transfers show no evidence of restoration, so quality varies from one title to the next, with "fair to good" being the average.
British-made THE AMAZING ADVENTURE (originally "The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss") features a low-key Cary Grant at the top of his game as an indolent son of wealth who attempts to earn his physician's respect by betting he can forsake family riches and comfort and make his way in the world for a year, starting with only a small wardrobe and £5 in his pocket.
In this typical mid-Depression Era romantic comedy, uppercrust Bliss gets an education in how the working class lives. Along the way he also finds compassion for his fellow creature, becomes a better man himself, falls in love with a real sweety (Miss Brian) and wins his wager with the doctor.
It's another take on MY MAN GODFREY (1936) or SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941), and almost a reversal of the FINIAN'S RAINBOW song, "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich," although here Cary successfully transitions from idle rich to being gainfully employed, as first an appliance salesman and then a chauffeur. It's not a movie classic, but "The Amazing Adventure" is pleasant enough, never drags, and is a definite treat for us Archibald Leach devotees. Recommended.
Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.
(6.3) The Amazing Adventure (1936) - Cary Grant/Mary Brian/Peter Gawthorne/Henry Kendall
Carey Grant at his best! January 30, 2010
Robert W. Millner
There are Cary Grant movies and there are Cary Grant movies. This particular movie articulates the fact that Grant is a genius when it comes to playing the role of debonair. The usual witty, cultural and sometimes debonair character, Grant augments a personality role beyond the scope of good cinema standards. Sit back and enjoy the tongue and cheek humor of a seasoned actor, "the" Carey Grant.
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