TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

mark.waltz Like many, I have been seeking out the films of Vera Hruba Ralston for years. Other than the few films she did with John Wayne, they've been rather obscure, and you had to really search the schedules of the late, late show to find them. I managed to find a few here and there, but even the major classic movie channels have skipped over them. "Angel on the Amazon" is the one I've seeked out the most, first because of its Maria Montez like title, second because of veteran stars George Brent and Constance Bennett, matinée idols in the early 1930's, but basically reduced to B films by the early 1940's. They are still striking to look at, and when compared to the dull Ms. Ralston, they are Lunt and Fontanne.This starts off with pure adventure and great promise as explorer Brent and doctor Bennett head into the jungle and end up crashing, rescued from headhunters by Ralston who disappears as fast as she arrives. Brent and Bennett end up in Rio del Janeiro, ironically running into her, and coming across secrets so shocking that you won't believe it...that is if you're not the most gullible person on the planet. The fact that the leads play it so completely serious makes it almost funny, especially as the second half overloads itself with flashbacks.I wish this had been made in color; it seems to cry out for it with the exotic settings. There's a lot of continuity issues as well, with time periods in the flashbacks seemingly set in the present day. By being in the past yet seemingly living in modern times, this makes you wonder if they didn't even bother hiring a continuity director. I've mentioned in my reviews of Ralston's films that she's more just boring than awful, and with Brent, Bennett and fellow veteran Brian Aherne surrounding her, that is much more obvious. Still, this is a fascinating failure, and one that even with its many flaws, it's totally irresistible.

Richardthepianist I have had the GREAT JOY of FINALLY locating this film after not seeing it in about 30 years! Like some of the earlier comments,this haunting film has stayed with me since and just in the last few weeks,after persistently looking on the web to see if ANYONE had it on video for purchase,I FOUND a company named learmedia in Canada..I'm still pinching myself to believe that I have it at last! Angel on the Amazon is a film that still evokes romantic fantasy,psychological tension and a very satisfying ending.A must for those film collectors who find the needle in the haystack...Vera Hruba Ralston is a minor actress who gives a stellar performance and is backed by noted Brian Aherne,George Brent and Constance Bennett

Leslie Howard Adams American Jim Warburton (George Brent) crashes his plane in the Amazon jungle and promptly falls in love with Christine Ridgegway (Vera Ralston), a mysterious huntress who rescues him and his passengers. Christine determinedly evades Jim's courtship and advances, making Dr. Karen Lawrence (Constance Bennett) suspect she has a tragic reason for fleeing to Rio to escape Jim.Karen and Jim follow her to Rio de Janeiro and, while dining in a restaurant, see a man named Sebastian Ortega (Fortunio Bonanova) greet Christine. She screams, faints and falls into a long illness. Later, Ortega tells Jim that he knew Mrs. Ridgeway, whom he assumes was Christine's mother, when she was honeymooning in the jungle---a couple of decades ago---with her adventurer-husband, Anthony Ridgeway (Brian Aherne.) Although terrified of animals, Mrs. Ridgeway had saved her husband's life when a panther attacked him in the same jungle where Christine was hunting when Jim's airplane crashed. She plunged into hysteria, following the incident, and returned to the United States.Jim thinks this a good story but fails to comprehend why a bad experience in the Brazilian jungle should make Christine fear falling in love. (George Brent's characters never understood women not falling head-over-heels in love with him.) Christine goes to California and Jim, always harder to shake than Pepe Le Pew, follows her. There, he meets Anthony and is told an incredible tale; The Christine that Jim has fallen in love with is not the young girl Jim thinks she is. Christine is the honeymoon bride who saved Anthony's more than twenty years ago. Now, nearly fifty-years-old, she has been in a state of shock since the panther-attack---a state that has made her ageless.Her changeless beauty had became a curse when her grown daughter's fiancée made violent love to her against her will. The daughter, blaming her mother's eternal youth, killed herself. Anthony's critical evaluations of her cursed beauty led to her leaving him and returning to the jungle, where Jim met her.There's still one twist left before this one ends about ten minutes later. Circa 1946-49 Republic made several dark, moody and out-of-the-studio-mold films that never garnered much attention because of their source. A different logo and better theatre-bookings, other than the Sun-Mon-Tue grindhouse situations would have served to make a few of those deserveably better known, including this one and "Moonrise.".

mads5 I had been looking for this film ever since I saw it as a kid because it always stayed with me. It was spooky as a child but now that I've seen it again, it's also a beautiful love story. I like the 3 lead players, Vera Hruba Ralstron, Brian Aherne + Gearge Brent. Constance Bennett is also in the film. I think this was the movie that introduced me to Vera Hruba Ralston. I just recently acquired this film so can now watch it whenever I choose. Hope everyone gets a chance to see this film! This is about a beautiful lady who is frightened by a tiger while she's still a young woman + from that time on, she does not age. It has been compared to Lost Horizons + She if they had been made by Republic Pictures.