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The American Venus

The American Venus

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Comedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

31 January 1926

Country

United States of America

Cast

Esther Ralston

Esther Ralston

Mary Gray

Lawrence Gray

Lawrence Gray

Chip Armstrong

Ford Sterling

Ford Sterling

Hugo Niles

Fay Lanphier

Fay Lanphier

Miss Alabama

Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

Miss Bayport

Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver

Mrs. Niles

Kenneth MacKenna

Kenneth MacKenna

Horace Niles

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Triton

Ernest Torrence

Ernest Torrence

King Neptune

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