Blonde Venus (1932)
Tijdens een wandeling in het Zwarte Woud met een groep studenten leert de Amerikaanse chemicus Edward ‘Ned’ Faraday de Duitse artieste Helen kennen. Ze trouwen en verhuizen naar New York waar ook hun zoon Johnny wordt geboren. Na twaalf jaar blootstelling aan radium tijdens zijn experimenten wordt Ned ziek. Zijn arts vertelt hem dat hij in Dresden een kans op genezing heeft, maar de behandeling zou 1.500 dollar kosten. Helen besluit om in een nachtclub te gaan werken onder het pseudoniem ‘Blonde Venus’ om geld voor Neds reis te verdienen. Als Helen de playboy en miljonair Nick Townsend ontmoet, besluit ze hem geld te vragen als hij een affaire met haar wil.
Regiseur: Josef von Sternberg
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Marlene Dietrich as Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones |
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Herbert Marshall as Edward 'Ned' Faraday |
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Cary Grant as Nick Townsend |
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Dickie Moore as Johnny Faraday |
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Gene Morgan as Ben Smith |
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Rita La Roy as 'Taxi Belle' Hooper |
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Robert Emmett O'Connor as Dan O'Connor |
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Sidney Toler as Detective Wilson |
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Morgan Wallace as Dr. Pierce |
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Al Bridge as Bouncer (uncredited) |
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Marcelle Corday as Helen's Maid in France (uncredited) |
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Cecil Cunningham as Cabaret Manager in Norfolk (uncredited) |
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Sterling Holloway as Joe, Hiker (uncredited) |
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Hattie McDaniel as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited) |
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Dennis O'Keefe as (uncredited) |
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Dewey Robinson as Restaurant Owner (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as (uncredited) |
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Francis Sayles as Charlie Blaine (uncredited) |
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Glen Cavender as Ship's Officer (uncredited) |
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Émile Chautard as Chautard, Cabaret Manager in France (uncredited) |
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Clifford Dempsey as Judge in New Orleans (uncredited) |
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Charles Gemora as Helen Faraday in Gorilla Suit (uncredited) |
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Robert Graves as (uncredited) |
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Elsa Janssen as Gossiping Tenant (uncredited) |
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Bessie Lyle as Viola, Hotel Maid in Norfolk (uncredited) |
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Charles Morton as Bob, Hiker (uncredited) |
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Evelyn Preer as (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Short as Sally, Receptionist at Talent Agency (uncredited) |
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Pat Somerset as Henry Johnson (uncredited) |
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Larry Steers as Hotel Manager in Baltimore (uncredited) |
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Kent Taylor as Hiker (uncredited) |
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Jerry Tucker as (uncredited) |
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Lloyd Whitlock as (uncredited) |
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James Kilgannon as Landlord (uncredited) |
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Mary Gordon as Landlady (uncredited) |
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Harold Berquist as Angry Man in Nightclub (uncredited) |
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Mildred Washington as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Oscar Smith as Charlie, the Bartender (uncredited) |
| Directing | Josef von Sternberg | Director |
| Writing | S.K. Lauren | Writer |
| Writing | Jules Furthman | Writer |
| Camera | Lucien Ballard | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Paul Ivano | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Josef von Sternberg | Writer |
| Sound | Harry D. English | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles Gemora | Costume Design |
| Production | Joe Egli | Casting Assistant |
| Camera | Neal Beckner | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | William Rand | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Benny Mayer | Camera Operator |
| Production | Josef von Sternberg | Producer |
| Camera | Bert Glennon | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Paul Marquardt | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Fred A. Datig | Casting |
| Sound | W. Franke Harling | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Mel Ballerino | Casting |
| Sound | John Leipold | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Josef von Sternberg | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Art | Wiard B. Ihnen | Art Direction |
| Sound | Oscar Potoker | Original Music Composer |
