Blonde Venus (1932)

Movie Details

Original Title Blonde Venus

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.5

Cast

Marlene Dietrich

Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones

Popularity: 0.7

Herbert Marshall

Edward 'Ned' Faraday

Popularity: 1.4

Cary Grant

Nick Townsend

Popularity: 4.1

Dickie Moore

Johnny Faraday

Popularity: 1.0

Gene Morgan

Ben Smith

Popularity: 0.5

Rita La Roy

'Taxi Belle' Hooper

Popularity: 0.1

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Dan O'Connor

Popularity: 0.4

Sidney Toler

Detective Wilson

Popularity: 0.5

Morgan Wallace

Dr. Pierce

Popularity: 2.3

Al Bridge

Bouncer (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.2

Marcelle Corday

Helen's Maid in France (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.1

Cecil Cunningham

Cabaret Manager in Norfolk (uncredited)

Popularity: 3.8

Key Crew

Writer Jules Furthman, S.K. Lauren, Josef von Sternberg

Director Josef von Sternberg

Producer Josef von Sternberg

Editor Josef von Sternberg

Production

Paramount Pictures

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Keywords

prostitute love triangle germany nightclub deceived husband radium romance chemist pre-code nightclub singer motherhood nightclub entertainer mother child separation cabaret singer kept woman fallen woman adulterous wife wife leaves husband sick husband

Reviews from TMDB

talisencrw 9/10

Feb 26, 2016

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 ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Jun 13, 2022

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 ca ... Read more