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One Touch of Venus

  • 1948
  • Approved
  • 1h 22m
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6.6/10
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Ava Gardner and Robert Walker in One Touch of Venus (1948)
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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.

  • Directors
    • William A. Seiter
    • Gregory La Cava
  • Writers
    • Harry Kurnitz
    • Frank Tashlin
    • S.J. Perelman
  • Stars
    • Robert Walker
    • Ava Gardner
    • Dick Haymes
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    1.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • William A. Seiter
      • Gregory La Cava
    • Writers
      • Harry Kurnitz
      • Frank Tashlin
      • S.J. Perelman
    • Stars
      • Robert Walker
      • Ava Gardner
      • Dick Haymes
    • 45User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Ava Gardner and Robert Walker in One Touch of Venus (1948)
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    Ava Gardner in One Touch of Venus (1948)
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    Robert Walker in One Touch of Venus (1948)
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    Ava Gardner and Robert Walker in One Touch of Venus (1948)
    Ava Gardner and Robert Walker in One Touch of Venus (1948)
    Ava Gardner and Robert Walker in One Touch of Venus (1948)
    Ava Gardner in One Touch of Venus (1948)

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    Robert Walker
    Robert Walker
    • Eddie Hatch
    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Venus
    Dick Haymes
    Dick Haymes
    • Joe Grant
    Eve Arden
    Eve Arden
    • Molly Stewart
    Olga San Juan
    Olga San Juan
    • Gloria
    Tom Conway
    Tom Conway
    • Whitfield Savory
    James Flavin
    James Flavin
    • Kerrigan
    Sara Allgood
    Sara Allgood
    • Landlady
    Hugh Herbert
    Hugh Herbert
    • Mercury
    • (scenes deleted)
    Harriet Bennet
    • Woman in Park
    • (uncredited)
    Mary Benoit
    Mary Benoit
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Herman Boden
    • Man in Park
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Brooks
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Steve Carruthers
    Steve Carruthers
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Russ Conway
    Russ Conway
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Head Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Oliver Cross
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    John Davidson
    John Davidson
    • Customer
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • William A. Seiter
      • Gregory La Cava(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Harry Kurnitz
      • Frank Tashlin
      • S.J. Perelman
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      MGM 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.
    • Goofs
      Eve Arden's character is referred to as "Miss Grant" by multiple characters on multiple occasions, yet in the credits is listed as Molly Stewart.
    • Quotes

      Whitfield Savory: She reminds me of someone.

      Molly Grant: I wish she reminded me of me.

    • Crazy credits
      Evidently a few characters' names were changed during production, causing serious contradictions in various sources' cast lists. Haymes's character is just plain "Joe" (no surname), but some sources grafted onto him the surname "Grant" from Arden's character! As if that weren't bad enough, poor Arden (addressed by various characters as "Molly Grant" consistently through the film) finds herself wrongly identified in some sources as "Molly Stewart" (which is never the surname she bears in the actual film).
    • Connections
      Featured in The Costume Designer (1950)
    • Soundtracks
      Speak 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

    User reviews45

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    Is a Puzzlement
    I have seen this wonderful film again and again and it never fails to delight me. The photography, with its unusually deep blacks and whites, is as sensual as the lovely Ava Gardner herself.

    There is one thing that puzzles me, however, and perhaps other reviewers might be able to help me on this one: in the cast Hugh Herbert is listed as playing Mercury. I own a video of this film, and nowhere do I see such a character. Am I missing something here, or do I just have an incomplete version of the film?
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    • antpaste
    • May 17, 2000

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Venus macht Seitensprünge
    • Filming locations
      • Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Artists Alliance
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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