One Touch of Venus is a 1948 American black-and-white romantic musical comedy film starring Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes, and Eve Arden.

Nobody believes the truth, including Savory's right-hand woman, Molly Grant, and Kerrigan, a detective he hires.

To achieve a realistic-looking living statue, the studio sent Ava Gardner to sculptor Joseph Nicolosi.

Nicolosi was not aware that the sculpture had to resemble a Venus in Roman robes, and when he presented the work to the studio he was forced to change it accordingly for the film.

However, the studio had 12-inch tall copies of the second sculpture made in Bakelite and presented them as promotional items to theater owners and members of the media.