Research Catalog

One touch of Venus

Title
One touch of Venus / book by S.J. Perelman and Ogden Nash ; directed by George Schaefer ; music by Kurt Weill ; lyrics by Ogden Nash.
Publication
Pleasantville, NY : Video Artists International, [2014]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Moving imageUse in library MUSDVD1940Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
  • Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971
  • Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979
  • Blair, Janet
  • Nype, Russell, 1920-2018
  • Gaynes, George
  • Schaefer, George, 1920-1997
  • Video Artists International.
Description
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Art expert Whitelaw Savory at last finds the statue of Venus which he has been seeking for years. His barber, Rodney Hatch, comes over to shave him and idly places his fiancée's ring on the statue's finger. Venus comes to life and falls in love with the man who resurrected her. At first, the terrified Rodney is unwilling. Undaunted, Venus pursues him, temporarily immobilizing his fiancée, and finally convinces him to be her lover. Then she realizes that she will have to live a suburban existence in Ozone Heights, and reconsiders. She is taken back to Olympus, but leaves behind a facsimile of herself so Rodney will never be alone again, as she had promised.
Subject
  • Venus (Roman deity) > Drama
  • Musical films
  • Statues > United States > Drama
  • Man-woman relationships > United States > Drama
Note
  • "Legendary 1955 telecast" -- Container.
Performer (note)
  • Janet Blair, Russell Nype, George Gaynes, Laurel Shelby, Mildred Trares, Iggie Wolfington.
System Details (note)
  • DVD ; all regions, NTSC ; 4:3 picture format ; mono.
LCCN
089948456896
OCLC
  • ocn883685447
  • 883685447
  • SCSB-9445897
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries