This is currently a lost film, but the trailer survived and is one of the 50 films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. The trailer, tinted pink with some color footage, is preserved by the Library of Congress and has a running time of 2 minutes.
Among the many beauty queens featured in the film are the contestants from the 1925 Miss America pageant, as well as Miss Bay Bridge, Miss Birmingham, Miss Bronx, Miss Newark, Miss San Francisco and Miss Seattle.
Two trailers and some Technicolor footage survive in the Library of Congress.
This film originally contained 3 - 2-strip Technicolor sequences, totaling 1574 of its original 7931 feet, or about 20% of its footage. The first sequence depicts the Atlantic City beauty contestants on the Boardwalk, the second is a series of artistic tableaux, and the third a fashion revue.
According to the Louise Brooks Society website, The American Venus was banned in the province of Quebec (Canada) due to "nudities." In Sweden, it was restricted to those over 15 years old. Bengali censorship records from 1927 called for the elimination of close-ups of women in the film's tableaux, noting "The figures are too naked for public exhibition."