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Director:

Alfred Zeisler

Writers:

John L. Balderston (writer)
E. Phillips Oppenheim (novel)

Contact:

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Release Date:

27 February 1937 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Comedy more

Tagline:

A Story of Rags to Riches... and More Riches

Plot:

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance. full summary | add synopsis

User Comments:

THE AMAZING QUEST OF ERNEST BLISS (Alfred Zeisler, 1936) **1/2 more (14 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Cary Grant ... Ernest Bliss
Mary Brian ... Frances Clayton
Peter Gawthorne ... Sir James Alroyd
Henry Kendall ... Lord Honiton
Leon M. Lion ... Dorrington
John Turnbull ... Masters
Arthur Hardy ... Crawley
Iris Ashley ... Clare
Garry Marsh ... The Buyer
Andreas Malandrinos ... Guiseppi (as Andrea Malandrinos)
Alfred Wellesley ... Montague
Marie Wright ... Mrs. Heath
Buena Bent ... Mrs. Mott
Charles Farrell ... Scales
Quentin McPhearson ... Clowes (as Quinton MacPherson)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Riches and Romance
Romance and Riches (USA)
The Amazing Adventure (USA) (reissue title)
The Amazing Quest
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Runtime:

80 min | USA:61 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | UK:U | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Empire Films more


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Ernest Bliss: Eat your caviar. more

Movie Connections:

Remake of The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss (1920) more


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THE AMAZING QUEST OF ERNEST BLISS (Alfred Zeisler, 1936) **1/2, 22 December 2007
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Author: MARIO GAUCI (marrod@melita.com) from Naxxar, Malta

Following Cary Grant's star-making supporting turn alongside Katharine Hepburn in SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935), he returned to his native land – England – for this one film (based on a popular play that had already been adapted for the screen as a Silent in 1920), and which makes for curious viewing even after all these years.

Grant is always worth watching, and he's fresh and appealing in this harmless but dated Capraesque comedy – a wealthy young man is bored by his lifestyle and places a bet with a celebrated doctor that he can earn his living for a year – but, as was the case with the majority of British films at the time, technical quality is lacking when compared to the more polished Hollywood product.

Interestingly, the star's role – where Grant is forced to deceive the leading lady, whom he loves – would be expounded upon in subsequent films; here, however, the narrative is allowed to turn maudlin towards the end…and, in any case, the version I watched (under the misleading U.S. moniker, THE AMAZING ADVENTURE) has been trimmed to a little over an hour from the original length of 80 minutes!

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