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One Touch of Venus (1955)

One Touch of Venus (1955)

Comedy Romance Fantasy Music TV Movie
Release Date: 1955, August 27
Directors: George Schaefer
Countries: United States of America
Production: NBC
Cast: Val Avery, George Gaynes, Russell Nype, Iggie Wolfington, Georgia Simmons, Peter Gumeny, Louis Nye, William LeMassena, Dick Wilson, Glenn Kezer, Mort Marshall, Arny Freeman

Overview:

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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