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I Married Adventure

1940 · 78 min

A gentle, old-fashioned armchair expedition, drifting between studio narration and grainy wildlife footage, best enjoyed as a curious historical travelogue.

Directed by
Osa Johnson
Genres
Documentary, Adventure, Family
Starring
Jim Bannon, Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson
Tagline
FROM A FABULOUS BOOK...THE SAGA OF A FABULOUS LIFE!
Overview
A 1940 Columbia Picture feature film, "I Married Adventure" stars Osa Johnson and closely follows her 1940 best-selling book of the same name. Osa portrays herself in studio-produced scenes which bridge the transition between actual documentary footage segments as the film recounts the Johnson's nine world expeditions to Africa, Borneo, and the South Seas. Jim Bannon, a Hollywod stuntman who lent his voice to many western's including Red Ryder, Don Clark, and Albert Duffy narrate this adventure classic that compiles the very best images from the Johnsons' original feature films.

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Directed by
Osa Johnson
Genres
Documentary, Adventure, Family
Starring
Jim Bannon, Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson
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    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • exploration
    • nature
    • survival
    • family
    Places
    • wilderness
    • sea
    Era
    period
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension2
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    Complexity2
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    Genres
    documentary, adventure, family
    Directed by
    Osa Johnson
    Written by
    Don Clark, Albert Duffy
    Starring
    Jim Bannon, Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson
    Runtime
    78 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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