The American Venus

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Esther Ralston

Mary Gray

Age : 91 | Popularity : 8%

Lawrence Gray

Chip Armstrong

Age : 71 | Popularity : 4%

Ford Sterling

Hugo Niles

Age : 55 | Popularity : 3%

Fay Lanphier

Miss Alabama

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Louise Brooks

Miss Bayport

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Edna May Oliver

Mrs. Niles

Age : 58 | Popularity : 6%

Kenneth MacKenna

Horace Niles

Age : 62 | Popularity : 7%

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Triton

Age : 90 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Frank Tuttle
Crew	Title Graphics	Robert Benchley
Camera	Director of Photography	J. Roy Hunt
Writing	Story	Townsend Martin
	Scenario Writer	Frederick Stowers
Department	Role	Name

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