Included Films:
Penny Serenade
Penny Serenade
Produced: 1941
Length: 117 Minutes
The iconic Cary Grant stars alongside the beautiful Irene Dunn in Penny Serenade in a heart piercing classic drama. Grant and Dunn play a married couple on top of the world when tragedy strikes their honeymoon: an earthquake occurs, injuring Dunn such that she cant bear children. Grant and Dunn suffer bitterly, but all the while they continue to be hopeful and joyful as best they can. Eventually, they turn to adoption, but life only gets harder. Grant and Dunn are such masterful actors that this hyper-dramatic story never gets uncomfortable, and is also still humorous. Contrary to being overdramatic, Grant and Dunn easily make the viewer feel as if they were just sharing their beautiful and tragic secrets with a close friend. Penny Serenade is a blossoming of touching moments and soaring emotions, the caliber that only two pros like Grant and Dunn could pull off.
The Amazing Adventure
The Amazing Adventure
Produced: 1937
Length: 61 Minutes
Cary Grant is one of the greatest leading men of all time. Here in The Amazing Adventure, fans get a look at an already dashing Grant in his youth. Grant steals ever scene as Ernest Bliss, a wealthy playboy. Though extremely rich, Grant is bored. He has no goals or ambition. While discussing the problem with his doctor, the helpful sawbones wagers Grant fifty thousand pounds that he cant earn a living for one year without using any of his money. As Grant enters the working class, he learns of the hardships and suffering of ordinary people, and perhaps finds love. The Amazing Adventure is a poignant, funny, and well made film that boasts a burgeoning star in the magnificent Cary Grant. This movie is also known as The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss.
