Venus (1929 film)

Venus (French:Vénus) is a 1929 French sound drama film directed by Louis Mercanton, and starring Constance Talmadge, André Roanne, and Jean Murat. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It is based on a story by Jean Vignaud. An English version was distributed by United Artists in the United States.

Venus
Directed by	Louis Mercanton
Written by	Jean Vignaud (story) Adrien Gaillard
Produced by	Louis Mercanton
Starring	Constance Talmadge André Roanne Jean Murat
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel
Production company	Mercanton Films
Distributed by	Les Artistes Associés United Artists (US)
Release date	29 September 1929 (1929-09-29)
Country	France
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) French Intertitles

Cast

• Constance Talmadge as Princess Beatrice Doriani
• André Roanne
• Jean Murat as Le capitaine Franqueville
• Max Maxudian as Le prince Mario Zarkis
• Charles Frank
• Louis Baron fils as Le capitaine de Venus
• Frédéric Mariotti as Le chef des dockers
• Jean Mercanton as L'enfant
• Maurice Schutz
• Julio de Romero
• Anthony Hankey
• Desdemona Mazza

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Venus at IMDb