One Touch of Venus
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.
Cast
Janet Blair
as Venus
Russell Nype
as Rodney Hatch
George Gaynes
as Whitelaw Savory
Laurel Shelby
as Molly Grant
Mort Marshall
as Taxi Black
Iggie Wolfington
as Stanley
Val Avery
as Bus Starter
Len Doyle
as Officer
Arny Freeman
as Anatolian
Peter Gumeny
as Second Trucker
Reviews
CinemaSerf
This is probably most notable as an example of a televised live performance. Neither the story nor the cast deliver anything particularly scintillating, otherwise. The story is quite fun: "Rodney" (Russell Nype) tries out his soon-to-be-fiancée's engagement ring on a statue of Venus. She (Janet Blai...
