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One Touch of Venus was a Broadway musical written by Kurt Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York, was a German composer active from the 1920s until his death. ...Kurt Weill (music), Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 _ May 19, 1971) was an American poet best known for writing pithy, funny, light verse. ...Ogden Nash (lyrics), and Sidney Joseph Perelman, almost always known as S. J. Perelman (February 1, 1904 – October 17, 1979), was a United States humorist, author, and screenwriter. ...S.J. Perelman and Nash (book); it was directed by Elia Kazan (September 7, 1909 _ September 28, 2003) was a Greek_born American film and theatre director. ...Elia Kazan and featured choreography by Agnes de Mille in “3 Virgins and a Devil”, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Agnes George de Mille (September 8, 1905 – October 7, 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer. ...Agnes De Mille. The show opened at the The Imperial Theater can also refer to the Imperial Garden Theater in Tokyo, Japan The Imperial Theater was the Schubert brothers fiftieth theater in New York City. ...Imperial Theatre on October 7, 1943 and closed on February 10, 1945 after 567 performances. The original production starred Mary Martin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Mary Martin (December 1, 1913 _ November 3, 1990) was an American star of (mainly stage) musicals. ...Mary Martin, Kenny Baker (Born August 24, 1934) is a British actor best known as the man inside of R2_D2 in the popular Star Wars film series. ...Kenny Baker, and Paula Laurence.


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Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash originally wrote One Touch Of Venus, based on S.J Perelman’s book The Tinted Venus with the idea of Marlene Dietrich in the title role, she was not interested, so in the original 1943 stage production, the, role went to Mary Martin, and was played on film by Ava Gardiner.
Venus is full of assistance, putting her arms round him in a motherly manner, letting him cuddle up to her chest, she tells him to just let himself go.
Venus cannot understand what is worrying Rodney, he explains "We’re in a heck of a hole until Gloria turns up." This is easily fixed, by Venus’s powers, Gloria materialises, fit as a fiddle, and is shocked to find Rodney Hatch "in a hotel room, with an Actress".
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