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Fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. However, the problems begin when Venus falls in love with him.Fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. However, the problems begin when Venus falls in love with him.Fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. However, the problems begin when Venus falls in love with him.
Hugh Herbert
- Mercury
- (scenes deleted)
Harriet Bennet
- Woman in Park
- (uncredited)
Mary Benoit
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Herman Boden
- Man in Park
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Russ Conway
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
- Head Waiter
- (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
John Davidson
- Customer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMGM loaned Ava Gardner to Universal Studios to make this movie. Universal sent her to sculptor Joseph Nicolosi to make a proper life-size statue of the goddess. Nicolosi's first statue was entirely nude, and the studio told the sculptor to go back and make a more modest goddess. Universal sent members of the press a small souvenir knockoff of the second statue as a promotional item. According to author Lee Server in his biography "Ava Gardner: Love is Nothing", Robert Walker was so infatuated with his co-star that when he found rival Howard Duff in her dressing room, he slapped Ava. She left the studio and filming ended.
- Quotes
Whitfield Savory: She reminds me of someone.
Molly Grant: I wish she reminded me of me.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Costume Designer (1950)
- SoundtracksSpeak Low
(uncredited)
Music by Kurt Weill
Lyrics by Ogden Nash
New lyrics by Ann Ronell
Played over opening credits
Sung by Ava Gardner (dubbed by Eileen Wilson), Dick Haymes
Played as part of the score often
Featured review
A Fun LIttle Movie
"Eddie Hatch" (Robert Walker) is a well-meaning young man who just happens to be a low paid window dresser working at a large department store. One day he is given the job of fixing the drapes that surround a recently acquired--but very expensive--statue of Venus and after drinking some champagne he innocently kisses it prior to getting back to his work. Sure enough, the statue becomes the actual "Goddess of Love" (played by Ava Gardner) who takes an instant liking to the bumbling employee. Unfortunately, when Venus comes to life the priceless statue disappears and the rich owner "Whitfield Savory" (Tom Conway) automatically suspects Eddie of stealing it and has him immediately apprehended. But things get even worse for Eddie when Whitfield encounters Venus and falls madly in love with her. Now rather than reveal any more of the movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was a cute musical-comedy which was tailor-made for such a gorgeous actress like Ava Gardner. Also worth mentioning are the performances of both Eve Arden (as "Molly Stewart") and Robert Walker who played their parts quite nicely as well. That said, while it is certainly dated it still remains a fun little movie and I rate it as slightly above average.
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- Uriah43
- Jan 17, 2015
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- Venus macht Seitensprünge
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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