Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus is a 1932 American PreCode drama film starring Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, and Cary Grant. The movie was produced and directed for Paramount Pictures by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by Jules Furthman and S. K. Lauren adapted from a story by Furthman and von Sternberg. The original story Mother Love was written by Dietrich herself. The musical score was by W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Paul Marquardt and Oscar Potoker, with cinematography by Bert Glennon.

The scene reverts to Helen and Ned putting their son, Johnny to bed after his bath. Johnny asks his parents to tell him the Germany story. The story seems to be an ongoing bedtime traditiona reiteration of how Ned and Helen met at the pond. Ned recites this bedtime story by recalling his travel in Germany as a student and his encounter of six beautiful princesses at a pond, one of whom told Ned that she will grant him a wish if he leaves. Ned wished to see her again, and that very night, Ned went to the local theater, finding the princess on the stage. Johnny then asks his mother what the princess thought of Ned, to which she simply responds that she wanted to see him again. After the show, Ned asked the princess for a walk, and while under a tree, embraced her. The princess is of course, Helen, whom Ned falls in love with shortly after their encounter. Johnny insists on hearing, and then what happened? after their first kiss, to which Ned replies with a Cheshire grin, and then..we started to think of you.. Helen and Ned flirt by Johnnys bed, recalling their courting days and share a reticent pause while looking at Johnny falling asleep.With Johnny quietly slumbering for the night, Ned and Helen discuss the possibility of having Ned travel to Germany for the radiumpoisoning treatment. It is very evident that Ned loves Helen and wishes not to leave her, and at the same time, Helen exhibits her undying love for Ned, by vehemently insisting that she return to theater work to help finance his trip. Although Ned is absolutely against that idea, Helen was determined to return to cabaret work, hoping to find financial means to save her terminallyill husband. Helen finds work at a night club and befriends a fellow cabaret girl Taxi who is of obvious lower class than Helen. She informs Helen about Nick Townsend Cary Grant a famous millionaire, politician who is a regular at the club and who gave her expensive jewelry for favors. ........

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