One of six films cary grant made in 1932, the first year of his hollywood career, blonde venus also found him co starring with the formidable marlene dietrich'. '.strtoupper('d')ietrich plays a cabaret singer who hooks up with grant’s politician when her husband, an american chemist played by hebert marshall, accidentally poisons himself and requires an expensive, life saving treatment.an irresistible concoction of cabaret and melodrama, blonde venus is unmistakably a josef von sternberg picture, and includes the infamous musical number ‘hot voodoo’, in which dietrich emerges from a gorilla costume.4k restorationoriginal mono audioaudio commentary with film and arts critic adrian martin 2019introduction by nicholas von sternberg 2019, 7 mins the son of josef von sternberg discusses blonde venusdietrich, a queer icon 2019, 25 mins so mayer, author of political animals the new feminist cinema, analyses the queer iconography and legacy of marlene dietrichimage gallery promotional and publicity materialnew and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing