One Touch of Venus (1955)
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.
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Janet Blair
as Venus
as Venus
Russell Nype
as Rodney Hatch
as Rodney Hatch
George Gaynes
as Whitelaw Savory
as Whitelaw Savory
Laurel Shelby
as Molly Grant
as Molly Grant
Mort Marshall
as Taxi Black
as Taxi Black
Iggie Wolfington
as Stanley
as Stanley
Adnia Rice
as
as
Mildred Trares
as
as
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Kurt Weill
Songs
Songs
Ogden Nash
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
S.J. Perelman
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
F. Anstey
Novel
Novel
John Gerstad
Adaptation
Adaptation
George Schaefer
Adaptation
Adaptation
George Schaefer
Director
Director
Ogden Nash
Lyricist
Lyricist
Kurt Weill
Music
Music
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