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The American Venus

The American Venus

Comedy

1h 27m

January 31, 1926 (99 years ago)

Overview

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Esther Ralston

Esther Ralston

Mary Gray

Birthday: September 17, 1902

23 January 14, 1994 (91)
Lawrence Gray

Lawrence Gray

Chip Armstrong

Birthday: July 28, 1898

27 February 2, 1970 (71)
Ford Sterling

Ford Sterling

Hugo Niles

Birthday: November 3, 1883

42 October 13, 1939 (55)
Fay Lanphier

Fay Lanphier

Miss Alabama

Birthday: December 12, 1905

20 June 21, 1959 (53)
Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

Miss Bayport

Birthday: November 14, 1906

19 August 8, 1985 (78)
Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver

Mrs. Niles

Birthday: November 8, 1883

42 November 9, 1942 (59)
Kenneth MacKenna

Kenneth MacKenna

Horace Niles

Birthday: August 19, 1899

26 January 15, 1962 (62)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Triton

Birthday: December 9, 1909

16 May 7, 2000 (90)
Ernest Torrence

Ernest Torrence

King Neptune

Birthday: June 24, 1878

47 May 15, 1933 (54)