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Venus Makes Trouble

May 14, 1937

0h 58m

★ 3.5

When Broadway's super-siren goes to work on the world's super-salesman...her line makes that well-known Venus de Milo woman throw up her arms in despair!

Overview

A fast-talking, street-wise con-man forsakes the tank-towns of Pennsylvania for the greener pastures in Manhattan, and gains fame-and-fortune as New York City's number one merchandise promoter. A model and a society girl provide some complications along the way.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Buzz Martin

James Dunn

Kay Horner

Patricia Ellis

Iris Randall

Astrid Allwyn

Harlan Darrow

Thurston Hall

Joel Willard

Spencer Charters

District Attorney

Charles Lane

Happy Hinkle

Gene Morgan

Kito (uncredited)

Wilfred Hari

In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door – until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.

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