Blonde Venus
What could she do but flee from love? She loved two men at once!
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Budget
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Director
Actors
Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Cary Grant, Dickie Moore, Gene Morgan, Rita La Roy, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Sidney Toler, Morgan Wallace, Al Bridge
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Jules Furthman, S.K. Lauren
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Oscar Potoker
Artist
Audition
Fred A. Datig, Mel Ballerino
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- According to Cary Grant (who played Nick Townsend), the director, screenwriter, and producer Josef von Sternberg didn't pester him too much with instructions during filming, but he did teach him an important lesson. On the very first day on set, von Sternberg looked at Grant and remarked that he needed a part in his hair on the other side. Grant combed his hair as instructed, and from then on, he always parted his hair on the side von Sternberg had suggested.
- Josef von Sternberg is mentioned among the screenwriters, but the script was actually written by Marlene Dietrich, who played Helene. Dietrich agreed that her name would not appear in the credits in this capacity because she feared trouble regarding the "Hays Code." Her fears were justified: when the film's plot was presented to the censors, Dietrich and von Sternberg did indeed run into trouble. However, the film was successfully "edited" to satisfy the censors. By the start of filming, both Dietrich and von Sternberg had lost interest in the project and showed little enthusiasm.
- On April 26, 1935, Paramount announced that it was suspending the filming of all movies featuring Marlene Dietrich because the actress had breached her contractual obligations (she refused to finish filming one of the movies because the ending had been changed). Instead of Dietrich, roles began to be given to Tallulah Bankhead.
- Following the scandal with the studio over the film's ending, Josef von Sternberg left the project. Paramount threatened to sue him for $1,000,000. According to Maria Riva, Marlene Dietrich's daughter, von Sternberg remarked that he would only find it offensive if it were $100,000 (of that total sum).
- When the liner from Paris with Marlene Dietrich's character on board docks in New York, the Empire State Building can be seen under construction in the background.
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