Blonde Venus (1932)


Blonde Venus
Release Date16 September 1932
TaglineFrom the lips of one MAN to the arms of another!
GenreDrama, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsParamount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA
LanguageEnglish, German, French
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMelodrama
ThemesCrumbling Marriages, Down on Their Luck, Infidelity
TonesAtmospheric, Lavish, Tearjerking
TagsClinic, Divorce, German [nationality], Nightclub, Playboy, Prostitute/prostitution, Singer

Blonde Venus is a 1932 drama film starring Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant. The movie was produced and directed for Paramount Pictures by Josef von Sternberg with a screenplay by Jules Furthman and S. K. Lauren adapted from a story by Furthman and von Sternberg. The music score was by W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Paul Marquardt and Oscar Potoker, and the cinematography by Bert Glennon.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones

Edward 'Ned' Faraday

Nick Townsend

Johnny Faraday

Gene Morgan
Ben Smith

Taxi Belle Hooper

Robert Emmett O'Connor
Dan O'Connor

Det. Wilson

Dr. Pierce

Charlie, the Bartender

Eric Alden
Guard

Harold Berquist
Big Fellow

Bouncer

Glen Cavender
Ship's Officer

Chautard, French Nightclub Manager

Davison Clark
Bartender bringing two beers

Marcelle Corday
Helen's Maid in France

Cecil Cunningham
Norfolk Woman Manager

Clifford Dempsey
Judge in Paris Nightclub Talking to Nick

Mary Gordon
Landlady

Robert Graves
La Farge

Joe, Hiker

Elsa Janssen
Gossip

James Kilgannon
Janitor

Brady Kline
New Orleans Policeman

Bessie Lyle
Grace

Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans

Viola

Greek Restaurant Owner

Francis Sayles
Charlie Blaine

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Henry

Receptionist

Pat Somerset
Companion

Larry Steers
Hotel Manager in Baltimore

Bit Part

Mildred Washington
Viola, the Maid

Baltimore Manager

Director

Writer

uncredited

Jules Furthman
, uncredited

S.K. Lauren

Producer

Original Music

W. Franke Harling
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John Leipold
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Paul Marquardt
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Oscar Potoker
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Cinematographer

Bert Glennon
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Art Director

Wiard Ihnen
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Costume Designer

Travis Banton
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Sound Department

Harry D. English
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

assistant camera

Neal Beckner
assistant camera

Don English
still photographer

Paul Ivano
additional camera operator

Benny Mayer
camera operator

William Rand
camera operator

Other Crew

Heinrich Heine
poet: "Gruss

Andrea Palma
Miss Dietrich's hats

Production Company

Paramount Pictures

Distributor

Paramount Pictures

MCA/Universal Pictures

MCA/Universal Home Video
,

Only Hearts Company

Universal Pictures Finland Oy






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