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USC presents a screening of the 1932 Marlene Dietrich vehicle, "Blonde Venus."
Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall and Cary Grant star in Josef von Sternberg's classic social drama about a young mother who lives an unsavory life to support her family. Loving mother and devoted wife Helen Faraday works as a showgirl at a tawdry nightclub to earn her family's living. Her frail husband Edward suffers from radium poisoning, a degenerative malady that requires an expensive European cure. When Helen meets wealthy Nick Townsend, a handsome and admiring playboy, she's seduced by him. Unfortunately, their scandalous affair sets off a chain of scandalous reactions that force Helen into hiding. Running from the authorities that want to take her child, Helen confronts a society that's turned its back on her.
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