OneTouchofVenus(1948)isafilmdirectedbyWilliamA.Seiter,starringRobertWalkerandAvaGardner,releasedbyUniversalStudios,andbasedontheBroadwaymusicalofthesamenamewrittenbyKurtWeill.However,thefilmomitsmostofWeill'smusicandthusgotpoorreviews.
In1945,MaryPickfordannouncedthatshewouldproduceafilmversionofthismusicalwiththeBroadwaycast,includingMaryMartin,filmedinTechnicolor,directedbyGregoryLaCava,andreleasedbyUnitedArtists.However,MartingotpregnantandPickfordsoldtherightstoLesterCowanatUniversalinAugust1947.AnnRonell,Cowan'swife,wrotetheadditionalmusicthatreplacedmuchofWeill'smaterial.
