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The American Venus

NR
Comedy

A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most competitive rival in the cosmetics business. Chip Armstrong, a hot-shot public relations man, quits the employ of Hugo Niles and goes to work for Gray, persuading Mary to enter the Miss America contest at Atlantic City, with the intention of using her to endorse her father's cold cream should she win. Mary breaks her engagement with Horace. When it appears that she will win the contest, Hugo lures her home on the pretext that her father is ill, and she misses the contest. Chip and Mary return to Atlantic City, discovering that the new Miss America has told the world that she owes all her success to Gray's cold cream. On this note, Chip and Mary decide to get married.

01-31-1926
1h 27m
The American Venus

Main Cast

Esther Ralston

Esther Ralston

Mary Gray

Chip Armstrong

Ford Sterling

Ford Sterling

Hugo Niles

Miss Alabama

Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

Miss Bayport

Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver

Mrs. Niles

Horace Niles

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
Frank Tuttle
Production:
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Paramount Pictures

Key Crew

Director:
Frank Tuttle
Title Graphics:
Robert Benchley
Story:
Townsend Martin

Locations and Languages

Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en