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{{short description|1918 American silent romantic comedy film}}
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| caption = 1918 advertisement
| director = Clarence G. Badger
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| starring = [[Mabel Normand]]
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| cinematography = [[J.C. Bitzer]]
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| distributor = Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
| distributor = [[Goldwyn Pictures]]
| released = June 16, 1918
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| runtime = 50 minutes
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
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'''''The Venus Model''''' is a 1918 [[silent film|silent]] [[romantic comedy]] starring [[Mabel Normand]] and directed by Clarence G. Badger. The film was made when [[Goldwyn Pictures]] and many early [[film studio]]s in [[America's first motion picture industry]] were based in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]] at the beginning of the 20th century.<ref>{{Citation | last = Kozarski | first = Ricchard | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Fort Lee: The Film Town | place = Rome, Italy | publisher = John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl | year = 2004 | volume = | edition = | url = http://books.google.nl/books?id=5w0r8YKan04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Fort+Lee:+the+film+town+Door+Richard+Koszarski&hl=nl&ei=fyO4TcjINoKeOpr32LsP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn 0-86196-653-8 | quote = }}</ref>
'''''The Venus Model''''' is a 1918 American [[silent film|silent]] [[romantic comedy]] film starring [[Mabel Normand]] and directed by [[Clarence G. Badger]]. The film was made at the beginning of the 20th century when [[Goldwyn Pictures]] and many early [[film studio]]s in [[America's first motion picture industry]] were based in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Koszarski |first=Richard |title=Fort Lee: The Film Town |place=Rome, Italy |publisher=John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5w0r8YKan04C&q=Fort+Lee:+the+film+town+Door+Richard+Koszarski | isbn=0-86196-653-8}}</ref> It is not known whether the film currently survives,<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/V/VenusModel1918.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Venus Model''] at silentera.com</ref> and it may be a [[lost film]].

==Plot==
[[File:Venus Model lobby card (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lobby card for the American comedy romance film ''The Venus Model'' (1918)]]
As described in a [[film magazine]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviews: ''The Venus Model'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=7 |issue=1 |page=45 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=June 29, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald07exhi}}</ref> Kitty O'Brien (Normand), a seamstress in the factory of Braddock & Co., in an effort to escape punishment from the foreman she had mimicked, flees into the manager's office. While explaining her presence she shows a bathing suit she has designed, John Braddock (Francis) embraces the idea and the display of the suit brings orders galore. When Braddock is compelled to take a rest, Kitty takes charge of the plant. She gives a young male applicant a job as office boy, but discovers he is the son of her employer, Paul Braddock (La Rocque), expelled from college. She frees him from an indiscreet love affair and, with the return of the elder Braddock, a romance is culminated.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Mabel Normand]] ... Kitty O'Brien<br>
* [[Mabel Normand]] as Kitty O'Brien
* [[Rod La Rocque]] ... Paul Braddock<br>
* [[Rod La Rocque]] as Paul Braddock
* Alec B. Francis ... John Braddock<br>
* [[Alec B. Francis]] as John Braddock
* Alfred Hickman ... Nathan Bergman<br>
* [[Alfred Hickman]] as Nathan Bergman
* Edward Elkas ... Briggs<br>
* [[Edward Elkas]] as Briggs
* Edward Boulden ... Bagley<br>
* Edward Boulden as Bagley
* Albert Hackett ... Boy<br>
* [[Albert Hackett]] as Boy
* Una Trevelyn ... Hattie Fanshawe<br>
* Una Trevelyn as Hattie Fanshawe
* Nadia Gary ... 'Dimples' Briggs<br>
* Nadia Gary as 'Dimples' Briggs


==Reception==
Like many American films of the time, ''The Venus Model'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by [[Film censorship in the United States|city and state film censorship boards]]. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 4, the intertitle "Well, you be at my apartment tonight and dig up $10,000".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=7 |issue=2 |page=31 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=July 6, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/stream/exhibitorsherald07exhi#page/n92/mode/1up}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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{{reflist}}

== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{imdb title|0009760|The Venus Model}}
{{commons category|The Venus Model}}
* [https://archive.today/20130915132451/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/115503/Venus-Model/overview ''The Venus Model''] in the [[New York Times]]
* {{IMDb title|0009760}}


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Latest revision as of 04:11, 20 December 2023

The Venus Model
1918 advertisement
Directed byClarence G. Badger
StarringMabel Normand
CinematographyJ.C. Bitzer
Distributed byGoldwyn Pictures
Release date
  • June 16, 1918 (1918-06-16)
Running time
50 minutes
LandVereinigte Staaten
SpracheSilent (English intertitles)

The Venus Model is a 1918 American silent romantic comedy film starring Mabel Normand and directed by Clarence G. Badger. The film was made at the beginning of the 20th century when Goldwyn Pictures and many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[1] It is not known whether the film currently survives,[2] and it may be a lost film.

Plot

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Lobby card for the American comedy romance film The Venus Model (1918)

As described in a film magazine,[3] Kitty O'Brien (Normand), a seamstress in the factory of Braddock & Co., in an effort to escape punishment from the foreman she had mimicked, flees into the manager's office. While explaining her presence she shows a bathing suit she has designed, John Braddock (Francis) embraces the idea and the display of the suit brings orders galore. When Braddock is compelled to take a rest, Kitty takes charge of the plant. She gives a young male applicant a job as office boy, but discovers he is the son of her employer, Paul Braddock (La Rocque), expelled from college. She frees him from an indiscreet love affair and, with the return of the elder Braddock, a romance is culminated.

Cast

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Reception

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Like many American films of the time, The Venus Model was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 4, the intertitle "Well, you be at my apartment tonight and dig up $10,000".[4]

References

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  1. ^ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Venus Model at silentera.com
  3. ^ "Reviews: The Venus Model". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (1). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 45. June 29, 1918.
  4. ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (2). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 31. July 6, 1918.
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