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* YourCheatingHeart: Helen's interest in Townsend is strictly financial at first, but her heart goes astray after a while also.
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Creator/MarleneDietrich stars as Helen, a German actress and singer who meets and marries American scientist Edward Faraday (Herbert Marshall). She moves to New York with him and gives birth to a son, Johnny, while Edward works on his (unspecified) dream project. But five years later, Edward discovers that the chemicals he's been working with all these years have poisoned him, and he will die unless he goes back to Germany to get an experimental treatment. The trouble is, Edward doesn't have the money.
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Creator/MarleneDietrich stars as Helen, a German actress and singer who meets and marries American scientist Edward Faraday (Herbert Marshall).(Creator/HerbertMarshall). She moves to New York with him and gives birth to a son, Johnny, while Edward works on his (unspecified) dream project. But five years later, Edward discovers that the chemicals he's been working with all these years have poisoned him, and he will die unless he goes back to Germany to get an experimental treatment. The trouble is, Edward doesn't have the money.
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* FemmeFatale[=/=]GoldDigger: Deconstructed. Other characters see Helen as this, but the film tells everything from her point of view and reveals her motivations to be sympathetic, even if her decisions are flawed.
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* {{Blackface}}: One of the movie's biggest moments of ValuesDissonance for the modern viewer is the musical number "Hot Voodoo", in which a troupe of white chorus girls dress up in pseudo-African costumes with enormous [[FunnyAfro Afro]] wigs, while Dietrich comes on stage in a gorilla costume.
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* SkinnyDipping: Helen and five other actresses are doing this in the Black Forest when Edward and his friends come across them
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* SocialCircleFiller: The friends that Edward and Helen are with in the opening scene are never seen again. Justified in Helen's case, since she moves to another country.
* SocialCircleFiller: The friends that Edward and Helen are with in the opening scene are never seen again. Justified in Helen's case, since she moves to another country.
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Creator/MarleneDietrich stars as Helen, a German actress and singer who meets and marries American scientist Edward Faraday (Herbert Marshall). She moves to New York with him and gives birth to a son, Johnny, while Edward works on his (unspecified) dream project. However, when Johnny is just 5, But five years later, Edward discovers that the chemicals he's been working with all these years have poisoned the boy, him, and Johnny he will die unless he goes back to Germany to get an experimental treatment. The trouble is, Edward doesn't have the money.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: During the second half of the movie, Helen flees with Johnny in increasing destitution, but her makeup stays perfect. Her clothes get ratty, but in a chic kind of way.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: During the second half of the movie, Helen flees with Johnny in increasing destitution, but her makeup stays perfect. Her clothes get ratty, but in a chic kind of way.
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*IOweYouMyLife: Edward feels obliged to repay Helen, even though he can't forgive her methods.
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*MeetCute: Edward's voyeuristic first meeting with Helen is probably supposed to be this, though [[ValuesDissonance through modern eyes]] it seems pretty creepy.
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A 1932 musical drama directed by JosefVonSternberg, and an excellent example of what a movie could do in UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra that would have been impossible a few years later.
MarleneDietrich stars as Helen, a German actress and singer who meets and marries American scientist Edward Faraday (HerbertMarshall). She moves to New York with him and gives birth to a son, Johnny while Faraday works on his (unspecified) dream project. However, when Johnny is just five, Edward discovers that the chemicals he's been working with all these years have poisoned him, and he'll die unless he goes back to Germany to get an experimental treatment. The trouble is, he doesn't have the money.
Helen talks her reluctant husband into letting her return to the stage to raise the funds, and she gets a job at a cabaret, where she's billed as "The Blonde Venus." There she attracts the interest of millionaire Nick Townsend (CaryGrant), and begins to accepts money and gifts from him while pretending to her husband that it's coming from her employer. When Edward finally leaves for Germany, Helen realizes that she has feelings for Nick too, but insists that she has to return to her husband when he's well. Unfortunately, he returns from Germany earlier than expected...
MarleneDietrich stars as Helen, a German actress and singer who meets and marries American scientist Edward Faraday (HerbertMarshall). She moves to New York with him and gives birth to a son, Johnny while Faraday works on his (unspecified) dream project. However, when Johnny is just five, Edward discovers that the chemicals he's been working with all these years have poisoned him, and he'll die unless he goes back to Germany to get an experimental treatment. The trouble is, he doesn't have the money.
Helen talks her reluctant husband into letting her return to the stage to raise the funds, and she gets a job at a cabaret, where she's billed as "The Blonde Venus." There she attracts the interest of millionaire Nick Townsend (CaryGrant), and begins to accepts money and gifts from him while pretending to her husband that it's coming from her employer. When Edward finally leaves for Germany, Helen realizes that she has feelings for Nick too, but insists that she has to return to her husband when he's well. Unfortunately, he returns from Germany earlier than expected...
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A 1932 musical drama directed by JosefVonSternberg, Creator/JosefVonSternberg, and an excellent example of what a movie could do in UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra that would have been impossible a few years later.
MarleneDietrich Creator/MarleneDietrich stars as Helen, a German actress and singer who meets and marries American scientist Edward Faraday (HerbertMarshall). (Herbert Marshall). She moves to New York with him and gives birth to a son, Johnny Johnny, while Faraday Edward works on his (unspecified) dream project. However, when Johnny is just five, 5, Edward discovers that the chemicals he's been working with all these years have poisoned him, the boy, and he'll Johnny will die unless he goes back to Germany to get an experimental treatment. The trouble is, he Edward doesn't have the money.
Helen talks her reluctant husband into letting her return to the stage to raise the funds, and she gets a job at a cabaret, where she's billed as"The "[[TitleDrop The Blonde Venus." Venus]]". There she attracts the interest of millionaire Nick Townsend (CaryGrant), (Creator/CaryGrant), and begins to accepts accept money and gifts from him while pretending to her husband that it's coming from her employer. When Edward finally leaves for Germany, Helen realizes that she has feelings for Nick Nick, too, but insists that she has to return to her husband when he's well. Unfortunately, he Edward returns from Germany earlier than expected...
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: And in-universe example: Helen and Edward tell Johnny a fairy-tale version of their first meeting as a bedtime story.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: During the second half of the movie Helen flees with Johnny in increasing destitution, but her makeup stays perfect. Her clothes get ratty, but in a chic kind of way.
* {{Blackface}}: One of the movie's biggest moments of ValuesDissonance for the modern viewer is the musical number "Hot Voodoo," in which a troop of white chorus girls dress up in pseudo-African costumes with enormous [[FunnyAfro Afro]] wigs, while Dietrichs comes on stage in a gorilla costume.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: During the second half of the movie Helen flees with Johnny in increasing destitution, but her makeup stays perfect. Her clothes get ratty, but in a chic kind of way.
* {{Blackface}}: One of the movie's biggest moments of ValuesDissonance for the modern viewer is the musical number "Hot Voodoo," in which a troop of white chorus girls dress up in pseudo-African costumes with enormous [[FunnyAfro Afro]] wigs, while Dietrichs comes on stage in a gorilla costume.
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: And An in-universe example: Helen and Edward tell Johnny a fairy-tale version of their first meeting as a bedtime story.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: During the second half of themovie movie, Helen flees with Johnny in increasing destitution, but her makeup stays perfect. Her clothes get ratty, but in a chic kind of way.
* {{Blackface}}: One of the movie's biggest moments of ValuesDissonance for the modern viewer is the musical number "HotVoodoo," Voodoo", in which a troop troupe of white chorus girls dress up in pseudo-African costumes with enormous [[FunnyAfro Afro]] wigs, while Dietrichs Dietrich comes on stage in a gorilla costume.
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A 1932 drama directed by JosefVonSternberg, and an excellent example of what a movie could do in the PreCodeEra that would have been impossible a few years later.
MarleneDietrich stars as Helen, a German actress and singer who meets and marries American scientist Edward Faraday (HerbertMarshall). She moves to New York with him and gives birth to a son, Johnny while Faraday works on his (unspecified) dream project. However, when Johnny is just five, Edward discovers that the chemicals he's been working with all these years have poisoned him, and he'll die unless he goes back to Germany to get an experimental treatment. The trouble is, he doesn't have the money.
Helen talks her reluctant husband into letting her return to the stage to raise the funds, and she gets a job at a cabaret, where she's billed as "The Blonde Venus." There she attracts the interest of millionaire Nick Townsend (CaryGrant), and begins to accepts money and gifts from him while pretending to her husband that it's coming from her employer. When Edward finally leaves for Germany, Helen realizes that she has feelings for Nick too, but insists that she has to return to her husband when he's well. Unfortunately, he returns from Germany earlier than expected...
!!''Blonde Venus'' contains examples of:
*AllMenArePerverts: This movie just takes this as an uncontestable assumption. Even Edward, the family man, gets a date with Helen by spying on her while she's skinny-dipping, and refusing to leave until she agrees to see him again.
*{{Bowdlerize}}: And in-universe example: Helen and Edward tell Johnny a fairy-tale version of their first meeting as a bedtime story.
*BeautyIsNeverTarnished: During the second half of the movie Helen flees with Johnny in increasing destitution, but her makeup stays perfect. Her clothes get ratty, but in a chic kind of way.
*{{Blackface}}: One of the movie's biggest moments of ValuesDissonance for the modern viewer is the musical number "Hot Voodoo," in which a troop of white chorus girls dress up in pseudo-African costumes with enormous [[FunnyAfro Afro]] wigs, while Dietrichs comes on stage in a gorilla costume.
*DivorceAssetsConflict: Edward is determined to cut Helen out of Johnny's life, which results in her essentially kidnapping her son.
*[[spoiler: DivorceIsTemporary: Despite everything, once Edward and Helen meet again they agree to stay together.]]
*DrownMySorrows: After Helen [[spoiler: returns Johnny to Edward]], she gets totally hammered.
*{{Fanservice}}: We get this in the very first shot, as Dietrich's blurred naked body slips by under water.
*FemmeFatale[=/=]GoldDigger: Deconstructed. Other characters see Helen as this, but the film tells everything from her point of view and reveals her motivations to be sympathetic, even if her decisions are flawed.
*GrayAndGreyMorality: What makes this such a pre-Code movie is that no one is wholly good or wholly bad, and it's far from clear what the "right" choices for Helen would have been.
*KeepYourReward: [[spoiler: Edward repays Helen the money she acquired for him but still takes Johnny from her. She gives the money away to a stranger.]]
*{{Mammy}}: Helen meets a couple of these on the road who help her out.
*MusicalWorldHypothesis: Diegetic. Dietrich/Helen performs three numbers on stage over the course of the film, but the songs to some extent reflect the offstage action.
*YourCheatingHeart: Helen's interest in Townsend is strictly financial at first, but her heart goes astray after a while also.
MarleneDietrich stars as Helen, a German actress and singer who meets and marries American scientist Edward Faraday (HerbertMarshall). She moves to New York with him and gives birth to a son, Johnny while Faraday works on his (unspecified) dream project. However, when Johnny is just five, Edward discovers that the chemicals he's been working with all these years have poisoned him, and he'll die unless he goes back to Germany to get an experimental treatment. The trouble is, he doesn't have the money.
Helen talks her reluctant husband into letting her return to the stage to raise the funds, and she gets a job at a cabaret, where she's billed as "The Blonde Venus." There she attracts the interest of millionaire Nick Townsend (CaryGrant), and begins to accepts money and gifts from him while pretending to her husband that it's coming from her employer. When Edward finally leaves for Germany, Helen realizes that she has feelings for Nick too, but insists that she has to return to her husband when he's well. Unfortunately, he returns from Germany earlier than expected...
!!''Blonde Venus'' contains examples of:
*AllMenArePerverts: This movie just takes this as an uncontestable assumption. Even Edward, the family man, gets a date with Helen by spying on her while she's skinny-dipping, and refusing to leave until she agrees to see him again.
*{{Bowdlerize}}: And in-universe example: Helen and Edward tell Johnny a fairy-tale version of their first meeting as a bedtime story.
*BeautyIsNeverTarnished: During the second half of the movie Helen flees with Johnny in increasing destitution, but her makeup stays perfect. Her clothes get ratty, but in a chic kind of way.
*{{Blackface}}: One of the movie's biggest moments of ValuesDissonance for the modern viewer is the musical number "Hot Voodoo," in which a troop of white chorus girls dress up in pseudo-African costumes with enormous [[FunnyAfro Afro]] wigs, while Dietrichs comes on stage in a gorilla costume.
*DivorceAssetsConflict: Edward is determined to cut Helen out of Johnny's life, which results in her essentially kidnapping her son.
*[[spoiler: DivorceIsTemporary: Despite everything, once Edward and Helen meet again they agree to stay together.]]
*DrownMySorrows: After Helen [[spoiler: returns Johnny to Edward]], she gets totally hammered.
*{{Fanservice}}: We get this in the very first shot, as Dietrich's blurred naked body slips by under water.
*FemmeFatale[=/=]GoldDigger: Deconstructed. Other characters see Helen as this, but the film tells everything from her point of view and reveals her motivations to be sympathetic, even if her decisions are flawed.
*GrayAndGreyMorality: What makes this such a pre-Code movie is that no one is wholly good or wholly bad, and it's far from clear what the "right" choices for Helen would have been.
*KeepYourReward: [[spoiler: Edward repays Helen the money she acquired for him but still takes Johnny from her. She gives the money away to a stranger.]]
*{{Mammy}}: Helen meets a couple of these on the road who help her out.
*MusicalWorldHypothesis: Diegetic. Dietrich/Helen performs three numbers on stage over the course of the film, but the songs to some extent reflect the offstage action.
*YourCheatingHeart: Helen's interest in Townsend is strictly financial at first, but her heart goes astray after a while also.