Blonde Venus
1932 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Marlene Dietrich is Helen, a former nightclub entertainer married to scientist Herbert Marshall. Their idyllic family life is shattered when he becomes disabled, and she must return to the stage to support him and their son (Dickie Moore). Enter millionaire Cary Grant, a man who will lavish any amount of money on what (or who) he wants. Dietrich is luminously hypnotic here, whether swimming nude or singing "Hot Voodoo" in a gorilla suit! One of the best of the von Sternberg/Dietrich collaborations, milking every bit of charisma from its two gorgeous stars and miraculously steering the high voltage melodramatics into poignant revelation by the last frame.
Direction Josef von Sternberg
Cast Marlene Dietrich · Herbert Marshall · Cary Grant · Dickie Moore · Gene Morgan · Rita La Roy · Robert Emmett O'Connor · Sidney Toler · Morgan Wallace · Dennis O'Keefe
Soundtrack W. Franke Harling · John Leipold · Paul Marquardt · Oscar Potoker
Screenplay Jules Furthman · S.K. Lauren
Cinematography Bert Glennon
Original title Blonde Venus
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