The Gay Adventure

Although its title has taken on a new, misleading connotation in recent years, THE GAY ADVENTURE presents a trio of interesting fantasies, all provoked by a glimpse of the same blonde Venus, Valenska, a wooden actress with an unintelligible accent whom producer de Grunwald seemed to be grooming for Marlene Dietrich-style stardom. For some reason this picture, completed in 1949, was held back from release for nearly four years. Harrison, who appears in one of the three episodes, became a star in the interim, which was doubtless the reason for her high billing among the cast members. Valenska is first spotted on a train by French bus driver Aumont, who then imagines ...