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Blonde Venus

Name: Blonde Venus
Genre: Drama
Released: 1932-09-23
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.8

★ 6,8 /10 (149 Votes)

1932 EN 93 min

Overview

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.

Stream

Release date

23/09/1932

Votes

149

Popularity

2.0

What could she do but flee from love? She loved two men at once!

Genres

Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

93 min

Marlene Dietrich

Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones

Herbert Marshall

Edward 'Ned' Faraday

Cary Grant

Nick Townsend

Dickie Moore

Johnny Faraday

Gene Morgan

Ben Smith

Rita La Roy

'Taxi Belle' Hooper

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Dan O'Connor

Sidney Toler

Detective Wilson

Morgan Wallace

Dr. Pierce

Al Bridge

Bouncer (uncredited)

Marcelle Corday

Helen's Maid in France (uncredited)

Cecil Cunningham

Cabaret Manager in Norfolk (uncredited)

Sterling Holloway

Joe, Hiker (uncredited)

Hattie McDaniel

Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

(uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

Restaurant Owner (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

(uncredited)

No photo

Francis Sayles

Charlie Blaine (uncredited)

Glen Cavender

Ship's Officer (uncredited)

Émile Chautard

Chautard, Cabaret Manager in France (uncredited)

Clifford Dempsey

Judge in New Orleans (uncredited)

Charles Gemora

Helen Faraday in Gorilla Suit (uncredited)

Robert Graves

(uncredited)

Elsa Janssen

Gossiping Tenant (uncredited)

No photo

Bessie Lyle

Viola, Hotel Maid in Norfolk (uncredited)

Charles Morton

Bob, Hiker (uncredited)

Evelyn Preer

(uncredited)

Gertrude Short

Sally, Receptionist at Talent Agency (uncredited)

Pat Somerset

Henry Johnson (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Hotel Manager in Baltimore (uncredited)

Kent Taylor

Hiker (uncredited)

Jerry Tucker

(uncredited)

Lloyd Whitlock

(uncredited)

No photo

James Kilgannon

Landlord (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Landlady (uncredited)

No photo

Harold Berquist

Angry Man in Nightclub (uncredited)

Mildred Washington

Dancer (uncredited)

Oscar Smith

Charlie, the Bartender (uncredited)

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It's mesmerizing to watch von Sternberg and Dietrich at work in this melodrama, and fun to watch both her and Cary Grant in early roles before they became household names and cinematic legends. One can't help but sense the parallel between this story (Helen giving up her family to be a star) and her real life, as von Sternberg told her to give up her family and life in Germany as he would take her to America and make her a star.

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Definitely one of Marlene Dietrich's more sensitive and powerful - though not sentimental - performances as a wife and mother whose husband (Herbert Marshall) becomes ill with Radium poisoning. Faced with mounting bills for his expensive treatment in Germany, she returns to her previous work as a cabaret singer and is soon involved with millionaire "Nick Townsend" (Cary Grant). Marshall is heartbroken to discover her infidelity and there ensues a sort of cat-and-mouse game as she and her son flee and try to stay one step ahead of her chasing husband and authorities. The three principals delive…

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