Blonde Venus (1932)

68% User Rating

1h 33min

"What could she do but flee from love? She loved two men at once!"

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.

Josef von SternbergDirector

Cast

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Marlene Dietrich

Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones

Herbert Marshall

Edward 'Ned' Faraday

Cary Grant

Nick Townsend

Dickie Moore

Johnny Faraday

Gene Morgan

Ben Smith

Rita La Roy

'Taxi Belle' Hooper

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Dan O'Connor

Sidney Toler

Detective Wilson

Morgan Wallace

Dr. Pierce

Al Bridge

Bouncer (uncredited)

Marcelle Corday

Helen's Maid in France (uncredited)

Cecil Cunningham

Cabaret Manager in Norfolk (uncredited)

Sterling Holloway

Joe, Hiker (uncredited)

Hattie McDaniel

Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

(uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

Restaurant Owner (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

(uncredited)

Francis Sayles

Charlie Blaine (uncredited)

Glen Cavender

Ship's Officer (uncredited)

Émile Chautard

Chautard, Cabaret Manager in France (uncredited)

Clifford Dempsey

Judge in New Orleans (uncredited)

Charles Gemora

Helen Faraday in Gorilla Suit (uncredited)

Robert Graves

(uncredited)

Elsa Janssen

Gossiping Tenant (uncredited)

Bessie Lyle

Viola, Hotel Maid in Norfolk (uncredited)

Charles Morton

Bob, Hiker (uncredited)

Evelyn Preer

(uncredited)

Gertrude Short

Sally, Receptionist at Talent Agency (uncredited)

Pat Somerset

Henry Johnson (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Hotel Manager in Baltimore (uncredited)

Kent Taylor

Hiker (uncredited)

Jerry Tucker

(uncredited)

Lloyd Whitlock

(uncredited)

James Kilgannon

Landlord (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Landlady (uncredited)

Harold Berquist

Angry Man in Nightclub (uncredited)

Mildred Washington

Dancer (uncredited)

Oscar Smith

Charlie, the Bartender (uncredited)

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talisencrw

Rating 90%

February 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 real life, as von Sternberg told her to give up her family and life in Germany as he would take her to America and make her a star.