The Merry Widow (1934 film)
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| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Produced by | Uncredited: Ernst Lubitsch Irving Thalberg |
| Written by | Libretto: Victor Léon Leo Stein Screenplay: Ernest Vajda Samson Raphaelson Marcel Achard (French version) |
| Starring | Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald |
| Music by | Franz Lehar |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
| Editing by | Frances Marsh (English) Adrienne Fazan (French) |
| Studio | MGM |
| Release date(s) | November 2, 1934 (US) |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English French (separate versions) |
| Budget | $1,605,000[1] |
| Box office | $861,000 (Domestic earnings)[1] $1,747,000 (Foreign earnings)[1] |
The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. It was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and starred Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. A French-language version was produced at the same time and released in France the same year as La Veuve joyeuse.
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Plot [edit]
Playboy, Captain Danilo (Maurice Chevalier), is ordered by King Achmet of Marshovia (George Barbier) to court and marry Madame Sonia (Jeanette MacDonald), a rich widow who owns a large portion of the kingdom.
Cast [edit]
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Awards and honors [edit]
Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.[2]
References [edit]
Notes
- ^ a b c Turk, Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald" (University of California Press, 1998)
- ^ "The Merry Widow". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
External links [edit]
Media related to The Merry Widow (1934 film) at Wikimedia Commons- The Merry Widow at the Internet Movie Database
- The Merry Widow at the TCM Movie Database
- The Merry Widow at AllRovi
- La Veuve joyeuse at the Internet Movie Database
- La Veuve joueuse at the TCM Movie Database
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