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Plot summary
Whitfield Savory II, the owner of a department store, has spent $200,000 on a statue of Venus and plans to exhibit it in the store. Eddie Hatch, a window dresser there, kisses the statue on a whim, and the goddess of love comes to life. She announces that she and Eddie are to be together forever. Eddie, who is shy and already has something of a girlfriend, wants no part of it. Venus leaves the store, and Eddie is accused of stealing the artwork.
Cast
- Dick Gordonas Guest (uncredited)
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- Harriet Bennetas Woman in Park(uncredited)
- Herman Bodenas Man in Park(uncredited)
- Ralph Brooksas Reporter(uncredited)
- Oliver Crossas Party Guest(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about One Touch of Venus (1948)
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- To make the statue of Venus look realistic, the studio sent Ava Gardner to sculptor Joseph Nicolosi; she posed in a bikini, and when the drape of the top looked wrong to him she removed it and he carried on with the sculpture.
- In 1945 Mary Pickford announced she would produce a Technicolor film of the musical with the Broadway cast, including Mary Martin, directed by Gregory La Cava and released by United Artists; Martin became pregnant and Pickford sold the rights to Lester Cowan at Universal in August 1947.
- Sculptor Joseph Nicolosi did not know the statue was supposed to resemble a Venus in Roman robes and was made to change it; the studio then had 12-inch Bakelite copies of the second sculpture made as gifts for theater owners and the media.
- Ann Ronell, the wife of Lester Cowan, wrote additional music for the film that replaced much of Weill's material.
