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One Touch of Venus is a american film of genre Drama directed by William A. Seiter released in USA on 28 october 1948 with Robert Walker
One Touch of Venus (1948)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 october 1948
Length 1h22
OriginUSA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on mythology, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Rating65%
One Touch of Venus is a 1948 black-and-white American romantic musical comedy film directed by William A. Seiter, starring Robert Walker and Ava Gardner, released by Universal-International, and based on the Broadway musical of the same name, book written by S. J. Perelman and Ogden Nash, with music composed by Kurt Weill (lyrics by Nash). However, the film omits most of Weill's music. The actors did their own singing, except for Ava Gardner (Venus) whose singing was dubbed by Eileen Wilson. The plot is from an original story by Thomas Anstey Guthrie.
In 1945, Mary Pickford announced that she would produce a film version of this musical with the Broadway cast, including Mary Martin, filmed in Technicolor, directed by Gregory La Cava, and released by United Artists. However, Martin became pregnant and Pickford sold the rights to Lester Cowan at Universal in August 1947. Ann Ronell, Cowan's wife, wrote the additional music that replaced much of Weill's material.
This movie is the inspiration for the 1987 film Mannequin.
Synopsis
Wealthy department-store mogul Whitfield Savory II buys a statue of Venus for $200,000. He plans to exhibit it in the store.Actors
Robert Walker
(Eddie Hatch)
Ava Gardner
(Venus)
Eve Arden
(Molly Stewart)
Tom Conway
(Whitfield Savory)
Olga San Juan
(Gloria)
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