The Triumph of Venus
Cast & Crew
Edwin Bower Hesser
Betty Lee
Phyllis Beveridge
William Sherwood
Hassan Mussalli
Grace Hamel
Film Details
Synopsis
Angry with Venus for rejecting his love, Jove gives the beautiful goddess of love to the ugly blacksmith Vulcan. Venus escapes, but Vulcan, seeing her with Mars, entangles them in his magic net, much to the delight of the jeering gods. Apollo releases them, and Venus takes refuge on the island of Milo, where she falls in love with a young sculptor. Venus bears the sculptor a daughter named Nea, but soon afterward, when he sees Diana bathing in a stream, she kills him. Nea grows into a lovely young woman and falls in love with Pannas, a fisherman, but Diana, who also loves Pannas, imprisons the girl in a rock. Cupid releases her, but the two are forced to undergo several more ordeals before Venus intercedes with Jove on their behalf. His anger now turned toward Diana, Jove forces her to hand the lovers the cup of immortality while the radiant Venus looks on.
Director
Edwin Bower Hesser
Cast
Betty Lee
Phyllis Beveridge
William Sherwood
Hassan Mussalli
Grace Hamel
Bonnie Marie
Percy Standing
John Fedris
Karl Dane
Beatrice Armstrong
A. Freeland
Don Mcdonald
Ruth Bradley
M. Paul Roche
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Notes
Edwin Bower Hesser contracted with the Cort Film Corp. in 1915 for this film to be produced, but no information has been located concerning production at that time. The film was shot in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, as well as at locations in Maine and Florida. It was reviewed at five and eight reels in length. Its initial showing was an invitation screening at the Strand Theatre in New York on February 26, 1918. General Film Co. obtained the distribution rights in May 1918. According to a news item, Bonnie Marie's full name was Bonnie Marie Katz.
