Venus (1929 film)

Venus
Directed by	Louis Mercanton
Written by	Jean Vignaud (story) Adrien Gaillard
Produced by	Louis Mercanton
Starring	Constance Talmadge André Roanne Jean Murat
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel
Production company	Mercanton Films
Distributed by	Les Artistes Associés United Artists (US)
Release date	29 September 1929 (1929-09-29)
Country	France
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) French Intertitles

Venus (French:Vénus) is a 1929 French sound drama film directed by Louis Mercanton, and starring Constance Talmadge, André Roanne, and Jean Murat. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It is based on a story by Jean Vignaud.^[1] An English version was distributed by United Artists in the United States.

Cast

• Constance Talmadge as Princess Beatrice Doriani
• André Roanne
• Jean Murat as Le capitaine Franqueville
• Max Maxudian as Le prince Mario Zarkis
• Charles Frank
• Louis Baron fils as Le capitaine de Venus
• Frédéric Mariotti as Le chef des dockers
• Jean Mercanton as L'enfant
• Maurice Schutz
• Julio de Romero
• Anthony Hankey
• Desdemona Mazza

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

1. Goble p. 1003

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Venus at IMDb