Blonde Venus (1932) on Netflix
NR19321h 33m
Poisoned by radium, American chemist Ned Faraday needs a costly cure in Germany. His wife Helen returns to the stage as Blonde Venus, where politician Nick Townsend notices her.
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Plot summary
Helen Faraday, a German entertainer, left the stage after marrying Ned, an American chemist. Ned learns that Professor Holzapfel in Dresden has a treatment that may heal his radium poisoning, but the trip and the cure are expensive. Helen returns to nightclub work as Blonde Venus to raise the money. Nick Townsend, a wealthy politician, is a regular at the club and notices her.
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- Harold Berquistas Big Fellow
- William Beggas Admirer
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Blonde Venus (1932)
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- During negotiations with director von Sternberg, the MPPDA had references to direct solicitation removed from scenes in which Helen is found by Detective Wilson in New Orleans; in the finished film the encounter between Helen and the private detective is ambiguous.
- Adultery in Blonde Venus was inconsistent with the Production Code, which went unenforced until 1934; stricter enforcement of the Code then prevented Paramount from reissuing the film after 1934.
- To promote Blonde Venus, the film magazine Screenland published Mortimer Franklin's story "The Blonde Venus" in September 1932; it was based on the second version of the script and not the finished film, perhaps because that version was closer to the romances its female readers liked.
