Abstract: An improved venetian blind having a head rail which carries an elongated rotator member. A first rotator band is connected to the rotator member and to the edges of a plurality of slats carried below the head rail. A second rotator band is connected to the rotator member such that pulling on one portion of the second rotator band causes the rotator member to rotate in one direction, which in turn causes the rotator band to tilt the slats in a first direction, and pulling on a second portion of the second rotator band causes a reverse rotation of the rotator member, to thereby cause the slats to be tilted in an opposite direction. The rotator band passes through a handle, and the handle includes a tilt member connected to the rotator band for allowing selectively tilting the slats through movement of the tilt member.