Temptation (1935)
1h 38m
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January 1, 1935Release Date
Plot.
Helen Ware, an artist's model, known as the Brown Venus is sad, discouraged and unhappy. When her men friends learn that she often poses nude, they try to become unduly "friendly" or just shun her, with the result that a beautiful girl with the figure of a Goddess finds herself without a lover. In desperation, she goes to a notorious night club and is later seen about to start on the downward trail.
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Tempation is a 1935 American crime film written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux. The storyline depicts the corrupting influence of carnal desires. It is considered a lost film.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture has a lobby card for the film advertising "a great colored cast". Ethel Moses made her film debut as a naive woman who models nude and struggles to fend off opportunistic men while becoming part of a criminal underworld. The film made her a fully fledged star.