Release Date

27 Aug, 1955

Runtime

01:19: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

Janet Blair

Russell Nype

George Gaynes

Laurel Shelby

Mort Marshall

Iggie Wolfington

Adnia Rice

Mildred Trares

Crew

Kurt Weill

Ogden Nash

S.J. Perelman

F. Anstey

John Gerstad

George Schaefer

George Schaefer

Ogden Nash

Kurt Weill