Blonde Venus (1932)
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 2
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1932 Wide
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Marlene Dietrich stars as Helen Faraday, a German cabaret singer in the States whose husband, Ned, falls ill and his only hope is to receive expensive medical treatment at a clinic in Europe. Struggling to afford his care and to support their son Johnny, she works at a nightclub and succumbs to the advances of wealthy playboy Nick, whose gifts assist in her husband's recovery. Soon Ned recovers and returns, but when he discovers that Helen has been unfaithful, he divorces her, threatening to
Jan 1, 1932 Wide
Paramount Pictures
Cast
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Marlene Dietrich
Helen Faraday -
Herbert Marshall
Ned Faraday -
Cary Grant
Nick Townsend -
Dickie Moore
Johnny Faraday -
Gene Morgan
Ben Smith -
Francis Sayles
Charlie Blaine -
Robert E. O'Connor
Dan O'Connor -
Rita La Roy
"Taxi Belle" Hooper -
Sidney Toler
Detective Wilson -
Evelyn Preer
Lola -
Mildred Washington
Black Girl -
Gertrude Short
Receptionist -
Harold Berquist
Big Fellow -
Dewey Robinson
Greek Restaurant Owner ... -
Davison Clark
Night Court Judge -
Brady Kline
New Orleans Officer -
Clifford Dempsey
Judge at Nightclub -
Bessie Lyle
Grace -
Al Bridge
Bouncer -
Emile Chautard
Chautard (uncredited) -
Marcelle Corday
French Maid -
Cecil Cunningham
Norfolk Woman Manager (... -
Mary Gordon
Landlady -
Hattie McDaniel
Cora the Maid -
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Charles Morton
Bob (uncredited) -
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Henry (uncredited) -
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Jerry Tucker
Otto (uncredited) -
Morgan Wallace
Dr. Pierce -
Lloyd Whitlock
Baltimore manager (uncr... -
Robert Graves
La Farge -
Pat Somerset
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Dreary Marlene Dietrich vehicle.
Classic Hollywood and classic Sternberg at their most preposterously outageous -- and at their most glorious.
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Foreign Titles
- Blonde Venus (1932) (DE)
- Blonde Venus (1932) (UK)
