"Amazing Adventure"
Reviewed by Heather Picker
Directed by Alfred Zeisler. Written by John L. Balderston. Starring Cary Grant, with Mary Brian. 1936, 70 min., Not Rated.
In a long gone era, films about the undying spirit of the poor were common. Earnest protagonists worked hard to prove themselves, sometimes to their families, sometimes to themselves, and sometimes to a gal who seems out of his league. Is it coincidence that the hero of "Amazing Adventure" is named Ernest? Ernest Bliss (Cary Grant) receives a large inheritance and decides to work for a living anyway, in part to prove himself to the working-class woman he loves (played by Mary Brian).
This is a chance to see Grant before he became a huge star, and while he isn't the most incredible of actors in "Amazing Adventure," it is noteworthy for being one of the films he made outside of the Hollywood system (it was made in the UK). Despite a not-so involving script by John L. Balderston, Grant fans will find it worth 70 minutes of their time. In 1944 he'd return to his British roots with "None But the Lonely Heart," in which he earned an Oscar nomination as a Cockney drifter. Known originally as "The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss" in the UK.
© 1999 Heather Picker
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