Vamping Venus (1928)
It may be years before you'll see anything like it again!
A present-day stereotypically-Irish American politician is vaulted into ancient Greece after receiving a bump on the head. This film is lost.
- Date of release
- 1928-05-13
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Edward F. Cline
Casting
- Charles Murray — Michael Cassidy / King Cassidy of Ireland
- Louise Fazenda — Maggie Cassidy / Circe
- Thelma Todd — Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus
- Russ Powell — Pete Papaglos / Bacchus
- Joe Bonomo — Simonides the Strongman / Hercules
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams — Mars
- Spec O'Donnell — Western Union Boy / Mercury
- Fred O'Beck — Vulcan
- Gusztáv Pártos — Shopkeeper (as Gus Partos)
- Gustav von Seyffertitz — Jupiter
- Janet MacLeod — Juno
- Yola d'Avril — Stenographer
Interesting facts
Vamping Venus is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, written by Howard J. Green and Ralph Spence, and starring Charles Murray, Louise Fazenda, Thelma Todd, Russ Powell, Joe Bonomo and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. It was released on May 13, 1928, by First National Pictures.
Production
The film apparently reused sets and props from the First National film The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927).
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