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Blonde Venus ()

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A cabaret singer takes up with a millionaire to pay for her gravely-ill husband's operation.
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Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones
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Edward 'Ned' Faraday
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Nick Townsend
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Johnny Faraday
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Ben Smith
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Taxi Belle Hooper
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Dan O'Connor
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Detective Wilson
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Dr. Pierce
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Guard (uncredited)
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Admirer (uncredited)
Harold Berquist ...
Big Fellow (uncredited)
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Bouncer (uncredited)
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Ship's Officer (uncredited)
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Chautard, French Nightclub Manager (uncredited)
Davison Clark ...
Bartender Bringing Two Beers (uncredited)
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Helen's Maid in France (uncredited)
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Norfolk Woman Manager (uncredited)
Louise De Friese ...
Angry Date (uncredited)
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Judge in Paris Nightclub Talking to Nick (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
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Helen Faraday in Gorilla Suit (uncredited)
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Landlady (uncredited)
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La Farge (uncredited)
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Joe, Hiker (uncredited)
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Gossip (uncredited)
James Kilgannon ...
Janitor (uncredited)
Brady Kline ...
New Orleans Policeman (uncredited)
Bessie Lyle ...
Grace (uncredited)
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Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
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Charlie, the Bartender (uncredited)
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Bob (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
Evelyn Preer ...
Viola (uncredited)
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Greek Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Francis Sayles ...
Charlie Blaine (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink ...
Henry (uncredited)
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Receptionist (uncredited)
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Companion (uncredited)
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Hotel Manager in Baltimore (uncredited)
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Hiker (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker ...
Otto (uncredited)
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Viola, the Maid (uncredited)
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Baltimore Manager (uncredited)

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Josef von Sternberg

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Jules Furthman ... (by) and
S.K. Lauren ... (by)
 
Jules Furthman ... (story) (uncredited)
 
Josef von Sternberg ... (story) (uncredited)

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Josef von Sternberg ... producer (uncredited)

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W. Franke Harling ... (uncredited)
John Leipold ... (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... (uncredited)
Oscar Potoker ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Bert Glennon ... (photographed by)

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Josef von Sternberg ... (uncredited)

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Mel Ballerino ... (uncredited)
Fred A. Datig ... (uncredited)

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Wiard Ihnen ... (uncredited)

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Travis Banton ... (uncredited)

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Harry D. English ... sound (uncredited)

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Lucien Ballard ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Neal Beckner ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Don English ... still photographer (uncredited)
Paul Ivano ... additional camera operator (uncredited)
Benny Mayer ... camera operator (uncredited)
William Rand ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Joe Egli ... casting assistant (uncredited)

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Charles Gemora ... gorilla costume creator (uncredited)

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Heinrich Heine ... poet: "Gruss (Leise zeiht durch mein Gemüth)" (uncredited)
Andrea Palma ... Miss Dietrich's hats (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

American chemist Ned Faraday marries a German entertainer and starts a family. However, he becomes poisoned with Radium and needs an expensive treatment in Germany to have any chance at being cured. His wife Helen returns to nightclub work to try to raise the money, and she becomes popular as the Blonde Venus. In an effort to get enough money sooner, she prostitutes herself to millionaire Nick Townsend. While Ned is away in Europe, she continues with Nick, but when Ned returns cured, he discovers her infidelity. Now Ned despises Helen, but she grabs their son Johnny and lives on the run, just one step ahead of the Missing Persons Bureau. When they finally catch her, she loses her son to Ned. Once again she returns to entertaining, this time in Paris, and her fame once again brings her and Townsend together. Helen and Nick return to America engaged, but she is irresistibly drawn back to her son and Ned. In which life does she truly belong? Written by Gary Jackson

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Taglines From the lips of one MAN to the arms of another! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Indiscretion (United States)
  • Deep Night (United States)
  • Blonde Vénus (France)
  • La Vénus blonde (France)
  • Die blonde Venus (Germany)
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Trivia Cary Grant said that Josef von Sternberg directed him not really much during the filming, but taught him the most important thing. On the first day Grant came on the set, von Sternberg looked at him and said, "Your hair is parted on the wrong side." So Grant parted it on the other side and kept it that way the rest of his career. See more »
Goofs Check is shown on screen written to Helen Jones. This is her stage name so not sure how she will cash the check. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Love Goddesses (1965). See more »
Soundtracks Treue Liebe Nur du allein See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits are shown with a background of water reflected at a swimming hole. As the credits end, we see women swimming in the swimming hole. See more »
Quotes Edward 'Ned' Faraday: Dr. Pierce, I have a rather peculiar request to make. I want to sell you my body.
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