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* ArtisticLicense: Venus and Aphrodite were nearly always depicted nude, and with flowing RapunzelHair. If it was an antique statue of her, it would not be wearing a long dress (which was enforced by the Hays Code).
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* ArtisticLicense: Venus and Aphrodite were nearly always depicted nude, and with flowing RapunzelHair.long hair. If it was an antique statue of her, it would not be wearing a long dress (which was enforced by the Hays Code).
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''One Touch of Venus'' is a 1948 black and white RomanticComedy film loosely based on the Broadway musical [[Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus of the same name]]. Robert Walker, Creator/AvaGardner, Dick Haymes and Eve Arden star.
The plot remains the same - a statue of Venus de Milo comes to life and shakes things up in an everyman's life. But in contrast to the play's satire of sexual mores, the film takes more of a ScrewballComedy approach. Most of the original score isn't contained.
The plot remains the same - a statue of Venus de Milo comes to life and shakes things up in an everyman's life. But in contrast to the play's satire of sexual mores, the film takes more of a ScrewballComedy approach. Most of the original score isn't contained.
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''One Touch of Venus'' is a 1948 black and white RomanticComedy romantic comedy-fantasy film loosely based on the Broadway musical [[Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus of the same name]]. Robert Walker, name]], directed by William A. Seiter and starring Creator/RobertWalker, Creator/AvaGardner, Dick Haymes Haymes, and Eve Arden star.
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The plot remains thesame - same: a statue of the Roman goddess Venus de Milo comes to life and shakes things up in an everyman's life. But in contrast to the play's satire of sexual mores, the film takes more of a ScrewballComedy approach. Most of the original score isn't contained.contained.
The plot remains the
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* AnAesop: The film's message is that people should be less concerned with practicality and propriety and devote more attention to love and fun.
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* InvoluntaryShapeShifting: Venus turns Kerrigan into an owl. Or at least makes him act like one.
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* InvoluntaryShapeShifting: InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Venus turns Kerrigan into an owl. Or at least makes him act like one.
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''One Touch of Venus'' is a 1948 black and white RomanticComedy film loosely based on the Broadway musical [[Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus of the same name]]. Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes and Eve Arden star.
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''One Touch of Venus'' is a 1948 black and white RomanticComedy film loosely based on the Broadway musical [[Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus of the same name]]. Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Creator/AvaGardner, Dick Haymes and Eve Arden star.
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* ArtisticLicense: Venus and Aphrodite were nearly always depicted nude, and with flowing RapunzelHair. If it was an antique statue of her, it would not be wearing a long dress (which was enforced by the Hays Code).
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* ImprobableHairstyle: The hairstyle on the statue of Venus is that of the 1940s vintage, as opposed to classical art. Even if the statue had been made in the 40s, it would not have been given a modern style.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Try to reason about love and you will lose your reason."]]
-> "To Venus, goddess of love! May she stay on the job and take care of us all!"
--> '''Molly Grant'''
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* MsFanservice: Venus of course spends the first act of the film running around in a tight fitting Grecian dress, showing off a lot of skin for a 1940s movie.
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* MsFanservice: Venus of course spends the first act of the film running around in a tight fitting Grecian dress, showing off a lot of skin for a 1940s movie.
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* Ficton500: Whitfield Savoury owns the titular department store and appears to have infinite supplies of wealth and connections.
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* Ficton500: Fiction500: Whitfield Savoury owns the titular department store and appears to have infinite supplies of wealth and connections.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: A good portion of the movie is Eddie trying to hide Venus from everyone - who assume he's been cheating on Gloria.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: A good portion of the movie is Eddie trying to hide Venus from everyone - who assume he's been cheating on Gloria. A great example of this is Venus hiding from his landlady in the bathtub - Eddie naturally panics when he sees her in there.
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* {{Troll}}: Venus seems to be aware that she's trolling Eddie and enjoying every minute of it.
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* {{Troll}}: Venus seems to be aware that she's trolling Eddie and enjoying every minute of it. She also trolls Detective Kerrigan quite a bit.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Venus is commonly imagined as a blonde, but played by the brunette Creator/AvaGardner.
* AffectionateNickname: Molly nicknames Whitfield "sire" as a term of endearment.
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* AncientGrome: Averted. Venus makes mention of Jupiter wanting her back, not Zeus.
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* AncientGrome: Averted. Venus makes mention of Jupiter wanting her back, not Zeus. Mercury was also meant to appear, as opposed to Hermes.
* ButtMonkey: Detective Kerrigan gets mocked by Molly and embarrassed by Venus whenever he antagonises Eddie.
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* FallingInLoveMontage: Joe and Gloria throughout the course of "Speak Love".
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* FallingInLoveMontage: Joe and Gloria throughout the course of "Speak Love".Low".
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* FictonFiveHundred: Whitfield Savoury owns the titular department store and appears to have infinite supplies of wealth and connections.
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* FictonFiveHundred: Ficton500: Whitfield Savoury owns the titular department store and appears to have infinite supplies of wealth and connections.
* InvoluntaryShapeShifting: Venus turns Kerrigan into an owl. Or at least makes him act like one.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: A good portion of the movie is Eddie trying to hide Venus from everyone - who assume he's been cheating on Gloria.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Detective Kerrigan thinks this is the case with Eddie.
* OneSteveLimit: Lampshaded at the end when [[spoiler: Eddie meets a new department store employee also called Venus]].
--> "Not likely to meet two people called Venus, are you?"
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Detective Kerrigan thinks this is the case with Eddie.
* OneSteveLimit: Lampshaded at the end when [[spoiler: Eddie meets a new department store employee also called Venus]].
--> "Not likely to meet two people called Venus, are you?"
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* WomanScorned: Gloria goes ballistic when she thinks Eddie has been cheating on her.
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* WomanScorned: Gloria goes ballistic when she thinks Eddie has been cheating on her.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Venus naturally has this effect on people who see her. Eddie and Whitfield fall in love with her the moment they see her.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Venus naturally has this effect on people who see her. Eddie and Whitfield fall in love with her the moment they see her.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Eddie tells Venus to get rid of the dress she's wearing, thinking she stole it from the store (it was a gift from Whitfield). So she strips off right there...just as Gloria is on the way in.
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* {{Troll}}: Venus seems to be aware that she's trolling Eddie and enjoying every minute of it.
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* AdaptationalModesty: Venus is traditionally depicted nude in artwork. The Hays Code insisted that the statue be wearing clothes.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Many of Molly Stewart's lines consist of her snarking in response to Whitfield.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Many of Molly Stewart's Grant's lines consist of her snarking in response to Whitfield.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Eddie keeps mistakenly letting the mechanical bed down and trying to put it back up when he's around Venus in the store's model room. Naturally it parallels a RagingStiffie.
* FantasticComedy: One of the earlier examples. A goddess causes hijinx when she runs around a department store.
* FictonFiveHundred: Whitfield Savoury owns the titular department store and appears to have infinite supplies of wealth and connections.
* FictonFiveHundred: Whitfield Savoury owns the titular department store and appears to have infinite supplies of wealth and connections.
* HighClassGloves: Venus dons these for her date with Whitfield.
* IWantSong: "That's Him" is about how Gloria and Molly both want love.
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* LoveGoddess: But of course. Venus's presence causes everyone to fall in love with the 'right' partners.
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* LoveGoddess: But of course. Venus's presence causes everyone to fall in love with the 'right' partners. The end reveals that her presence caused city hall to run out of marriage licenses.
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* SexySecretary: Molly Stewart plays with this. While she's the eventual love interest of Whitfield, she's presented more as a match for his intelligence and wit rather than having sex appeal.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The three female leads fit this trope to perfect example. Naive and sweet Gloria is the Child, no-nonsense competent Molly is the wife, and Venus herself of course is the Seductress.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Molly is a no-nonsense businesswoman, but even she would like to fall in love as well.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The three female leads fit this trope to perfect example. Naive and sweet Gloria is the Child, no-nonsense competent Molly is the wife, and Venus herself of course is the Seductress.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Molly is a no-nonsense businesswoman, but even she would like to fall in love as well.
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* SexySecretary: Molly Stewart Grant plays with this. While she's the eventual love interest of Whitfield, she's presented more as a match for his intelligence and wit rather than having sex appeal.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The three female leads fit this trope to perfect example. Naive andsweet emotional Gloria is the Child, no-nonsense competent Molly is the wife, and Venus herself of course is the Seductress.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Molly is a no-nonsense businesswoman, but even she would like to fall in love aswell.well.
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Gloria is a Type B. She's usually sweet and caring, but when her BerserkButton is pressed...
** Molly is a Type A. Her ''deredere'' side is hidden under layers of ''tsuntsun'' sarcasm.
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: [[spoiler: Venus turns back into a statue when it gets to midnight]].
* WhosOnFirst: When Eddie is trying to explain to Joe that Venus was hiding in the apartment, Joe thinks he means the literal statue. So a lot of this type of banter occurs.
* WomanScorned: Gloria goes ballistic when she thinks Eddie has been cheating on her.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The three female leads fit this trope to perfect example. Naive and
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Molly is a no-nonsense businesswoman, but even she would like to fall in love as
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Gloria is a Type B. She's usually sweet and caring, but when her BerserkButton is pressed...
** Molly is a Type A. Her ''deredere'' side is hidden under layers of ''tsuntsun'' sarcasm.
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: [[spoiler: Venus turns back into a statue when it gets to midnight]].
* WhosOnFirst: When Eddie is trying to explain to Joe that Venus was hiding in the apartment, Joe thinks he means the literal statue. So a lot of this type of banter occurs.
* WomanScorned: Gloria goes ballistic when she thinks Eddie has been cheating on her.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Try to reason about love and you will lose your reason."]]
-> "To Venus, goddess of love! May she stay on the job and take care of us all!"
--> '''Molly Stewart'''
''One Touch of Venus'' is a 1948 black and white RomanticComedy film loosely based on the Broadway musical [[Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus of the same name]]. Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes and Eve Arden star.
The plot remains the same - a statue of Venus de Milo comes to life and shakes things up in an everyman's life. But in contrast to the play's satire of sexual mores, the film takes more of a ScrewballComedy approach. Most of the original score isn't contained.
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* AdaptationNameChange: The protagonist is Rodney in the stage but changed to Eddie in the film.
* AncientGrome: Averted. Venus makes mention of Jupiter wanting her back, not Zeus.
* BetaCouple: Gloria and Joe become this while Eddie is busy falling in love with Venus.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Venus's presence causes Joe and Gloria, and Whitfield and Molly to realise that they should be together. But she turns back into a statue, meaning she and Eddie can't be together. He does however take an interest in a new woman at the end]].
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Gloria (blonde), Venus (brunette) and Molly (redhead).
* CassandraTruth: Of course nobody believes Eddie that the statue came to life.
* CostumePorn: Given that the setting is a department store, and Venus has to get a makeover, plenty of 1940s fashions are shown off.
* CupidsArrow: The songs Venus sings seem to act as this, causing the other characters to either fall in love or realise who they really were in love with all along.
* DeadpanSnarker: Many of Molly Stewart's lines consist of her snarking in response to Whitfield.
* DisposableFiance: Gloria is Eddie's girlfriend at the start but eventually falls for his best friend Joe throughout the film.
* DistantDuet: "Speak Low" turns into one of these between Venus and Joe.
* DivineDate: Whitfield tries to court Venus, though of course he doesn't know who she really is. A straighter example comes when Eddie takes her on a date in the park.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Joe seems to be this towards Gloria.
* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Venus turns back into a statue at the end. But Eddie is last seen meeting a woman who looks just like her - played by Ava Gardner too]].
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The story happens over the course of two days.
* FallingInLoveMontage: Joe and Gloria throughout the course of "Speak Love".
* GodInHumanForm: Venus of course but just temporarily.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Eddie and Gloria are only about to get engaged, thus justifying their falling in love with Venus and Joe respectively. At least from a legal POV in the era.
* HotGod: As she's the goddess of love, Venus is understandably stunningly beautiful. She's played by Ava Gardner afterall.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Eddie kisses the statue when lightning strikes, and thus it comes to life.
* LoveGoddess: But of course. Venus's presence causes everyone to fall in love with the 'right' partners.
* MakeoverMontage: Gloria and Molly give Venus a makeover to dress her in modern clothing, during the "That's Him" number.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Venus is a pretty early example of the trope, and she doesn't just liven up Eddie's life. She fixes everyone else's too. But [[spoiler: she still turns back to a statue at the end and she and Eddie can't be together]].
* MusicalWorldHypothesis: Using the 'magical spell' subset of the Alternate Universe hypothesis. The singing doesn't start until Venus shows up, and it's she who causes it. Before the song "Speak Low" Eddie even checks the air vents to see where the music is coming from.
* MsFanservice: Venus of course spends the first act of the film running around in a tight fitting Grecian dress, showing off a lot of skin for a 1940s movie.
* OnlySaneMan: Molly is the most on-the-ball character in the film and clearly knows how to run the store better than anyone else.
* PairTheSpares: Whitfield eventually realises that it's Molly he really loves and hooks up with her rather than Venus.
* ScrewballComedy: Eddie is a blue collar everyman, Venus is a literal goddess and much of the film is about him trying to hide her from everyone - while trying to convince the authorities that he didn't steal the statue that has now come to life.
* SexySecretary: Molly Stewart plays with this. While she's the eventual love interest of Whitfield, she's presented more as a match for his intelligence and wit rather than having sex appeal.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The three female leads fit this trope to perfect example. Naive and sweet Gloria is the Child, no-nonsense competent Molly is the wife, and Venus herself of course is the Seductress.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Molly is a no-nonsense businesswoman, but even she would like to fall in love as well.
[[caption-width-right:350:"Try to reason about love and you will lose your reason."]]
-> "To Venus, goddess of love! May she stay on the job and take care of us all!"
--> '''Molly Stewart'''
''One Touch of Venus'' is a 1948 black and white RomanticComedy film loosely based on the Broadway musical [[Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus of the same name]]. Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes and Eve Arden star.
The plot remains the same - a statue of Venus de Milo comes to life and shakes things up in an everyman's life. But in contrast to the play's satire of sexual mores, the film takes more of a ScrewballComedy approach. Most of the original score isn't contained.
!!Tropes:
* AdaptationNameChange: The protagonist is Rodney in the stage but changed to Eddie in the film.
* AncientGrome: Averted. Venus makes mention of Jupiter wanting her back, not Zeus.
* BetaCouple: Gloria and Joe become this while Eddie is busy falling in love with Venus.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Venus's presence causes Joe and Gloria, and Whitfield and Molly to realise that they should be together. But she turns back into a statue, meaning she and Eddie can't be together. He does however take an interest in a new woman at the end]].
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Gloria (blonde), Venus (brunette) and Molly (redhead).
* CassandraTruth: Of course nobody believes Eddie that the statue came to life.
* CostumePorn: Given that the setting is a department store, and Venus has to get a makeover, plenty of 1940s fashions are shown off.
* CupidsArrow: The songs Venus sings seem to act as this, causing the other characters to either fall in love or realise who they really were in love with all along.
* DeadpanSnarker: Many of Molly Stewart's lines consist of her snarking in response to Whitfield.
* DisposableFiance: Gloria is Eddie's girlfriend at the start but eventually falls for his best friend Joe throughout the film.
* DistantDuet: "Speak Low" turns into one of these between Venus and Joe.
* DivineDate: Whitfield tries to court Venus, though of course he doesn't know who she really is. A straighter example comes when Eddie takes her on a date in the park.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Joe seems to be this towards Gloria.
* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Venus turns back into a statue at the end. But Eddie is last seen meeting a woman who looks just like her - played by Ava Gardner too]].
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The story happens over the course of two days.
* FallingInLoveMontage: Joe and Gloria throughout the course of "Speak Love".
* GodInHumanForm: Venus of course but just temporarily.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Eddie and Gloria are only about to get engaged, thus justifying their falling in love with Venus and Joe respectively. At least from a legal POV in the era.
* HotGod: As she's the goddess of love, Venus is understandably stunningly beautiful. She's played by Ava Gardner afterall.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Eddie kisses the statue when lightning strikes, and thus it comes to life.
* LoveGoddess: But of course. Venus's presence causes everyone to fall in love with the 'right' partners.
* MakeoverMontage: Gloria and Molly give Venus a makeover to dress her in modern clothing, during the "That's Him" number.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Venus is a pretty early example of the trope, and she doesn't just liven up Eddie's life. She fixes everyone else's too. But [[spoiler: she still turns back to a statue at the end and she and Eddie can't be together]].
* MusicalWorldHypothesis: Using the 'magical spell' subset of the Alternate Universe hypothesis. The singing doesn't start until Venus shows up, and it's she who causes it. Before the song "Speak Low" Eddie even checks the air vents to see where the music is coming from.
* MsFanservice: Venus of course spends the first act of the film running around in a tight fitting Grecian dress, showing off a lot of skin for a 1940s movie.
* OnlySaneMan: Molly is the most on-the-ball character in the film and clearly knows how to run the store better than anyone else.
* PairTheSpares: Whitfield eventually realises that it's Molly he really loves and hooks up with her rather than Venus.
* ScrewballComedy: Eddie is a blue collar everyman, Venus is a literal goddess and much of the film is about him trying to hide her from everyone - while trying to convince the authorities that he didn't steal the statue that has now come to life.
* SexySecretary: Molly Stewart plays with this. While she's the eventual love interest of Whitfield, she's presented more as a match for his intelligence and wit rather than having sex appeal.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The three female leads fit this trope to perfect example. Naive and sweet Gloria is the Child, no-nonsense competent Molly is the wife, and Venus herself of course is the Seductress.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Molly is a no-nonsense businesswoman, but even she would like to fall in love as well.
