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27/08/1955 Music, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, TV Movie 1h 19m
72
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Overview

While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended for his girlfriend on the hand of a statue of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. From Mount Olympus, Venus witnesses the event and decides to visit Rodney on Earth by magically inhabiting the statue. Hilarity ensues when she starts to fall in love with Rodney and competes with his girlfriend for his attentions. This television version of Kurt Weill's successful Broadway musical is much more faithful to the stage version than the 1948 Ava Gardner film, which changed the story considerably and cut most of the songs.

  1. George Schaefer

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Janet Blair

    Venus

  2. Russell Nype

    Rodney Hatch

  3. George Gaynes

    Whitelaw Savory

  4. Laurel Shelby

    Molly Grant

  5. Mort Marshall

    Taxi Black

  6. Iggie Wolfington

    Stanley

  7. Val Avery

    Bus Starter

  8. Len Doyle

    Officer

  9. Arny Freeman

    Anatolian

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-14
This is probably most notable as an example of a televised live performance. Neither the story nor the cast deliver anything particularly scintillating, otherwise. The story is quite fun: "Rodney" (Russell Nype) tries out his soon-to-be-fiancée's engagement ring on a statue of Venus. She (Janet Blair) promptly comes alive and decides to get shot of the girlfriend and claim him for herself. Blair is actually OK, but the rest of this hasn't really stood the test of time so well. Clearly the actors are under lot of pressure by the nature of the presentation, and so the performances - especially ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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