Blonde Venus (1932)

BLONDE VENUS  (1932)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Josef von Sternberg
    Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Cary Grant,
    Dickie Moore, Sidney Toler, Rita La Roy
A rags-to-riches melodrama with Dietrich as a nightclub chanteuse who goes back to work to pay for the medical treatment that can save her husband's life. A great vehicle for Dietrich, which is all that matters, really. If Dietrich in a white tux and top hat doesn't do it for you, there's Dietrich stripping out of a gorilla suit to sing "Hot Voodoo", an image that's as sexy as it is bizarre, and a classic Dietrich moment, for sure.