The American Venus 98 years old

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.

Credits

The American Venus Cast

Name Character
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. He was 16, 90 years old when he died as Triton
Ernest Torrence He was 47, 54 years old when he died as King Neptune
Ford Sterling He was 42, 55 years old when he died as Hugo Niles
Edna May Oliver She was 42, 59 years old when she died as Mrs. Niles
Lawrence Gray He was 27, 71 years old when he died as Chip Armstrong
Fay Lanphier She was 20, 53 years old when she died as Miss Alabama
Louise Brooks She was 19, 78 years old when she died as Miss Bayport
Kenneth MacKenna He was 26, 62 years old when he died as Horace Niles
Esther Ralston She was 23, 91 years old when she died as Mary Gray

The American Venus Crew

Name Department
Frank Tuttle as Director. He was 33 (70) years old when He died Directing
Robert Benchley as Title Graphics. He was 36 (56) years old when He died Crew
J. Roy Hunt as Director of Photography. He was 41 (87) years old when He died Camera
Townsend Martin as Story. Writing
The American Venus poster
The American Venus (98 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, January 31, 1926
  • Runtime: 87 minutes