NEW ON DVD
One Touch Of Venus (William A Seiter, 1948, USA)
Running time: 81 minutes
Silly fantasy about a department store clerk who falls in love with a shop window mannequin of Venus (Ava Gardner) that comes to life that is only slightly relieved by Eve Arden playing her usual tough-dame-with-a-soft-heart character. It was originally a hit Broadway play though it is difficult to understand why on the strength of the unremarkable songs from the (admittedly tanatalizing) Kurt Weil/Ogden Nash collaboration. Ava Gardner fans will be interested to know that she does her own singing. BH