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The Merry Widow (1934 film)

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Plot
Cast
English French
Awards and honors
Reception
References
External links

{{Infobox film
| name = The Merry Widow
| image = The Merry Widow (1934) poster.jpg
| image_size = 225px
| caption = theatrical release poster
| director = Ernst Lubitsch
| producer = Irving Thalberg
Ernst Lubitsch
| writer = Libretto:
Victor Léon
Leo Stein
Screenplay:
Ernest Vajda
Samson Raphaelson
Marcel Achard
(French version)
| starring = Maurice Chevalier
Jeanette MacDonald
| music = Franz Lehár
| cinematography = Oliver T. Marsh
| editing = Frances Marsh (English)
Adrienne Fazan (French)
| studio = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| released = {{Film date|1934|10|11}}
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
French
(separate versions)
| budget = $1,605,000^[1]
| gross = $2.8 million (worldwide rentals)^[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.

Plot

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

English

Maurice Chevalier as Captain Danilo
Jeanette MacDonald as Madame Sonia / Fifi
Edward Everett Horton as Ambassador Popoff
Una Merkel as Queen Dolores
George Barbier as King Achmet
Minna Gombell as Marcelle
Ruth Channing as Lulu
Sterling Holloway as Mischka
Donald Meek as Valet
Herman Bing as Zizipoff
Jason Robards Sr. as Arresting Officer (uncredited)
Akim Tamiroff as Maxim's Manager (uncredited)

French

Maurice Chevalier as Prince Danilo
Jeanette MacDonald as Missia
Marcel Vallée as L'ambassadeur
Danièle Parola as La reine
André Berley as Le roi
Fifi D'Orsay as Marcelle
Pauline Garon as Lola
George Davis as L'ordonnance
Jean Perry as Le valet
Akim Tamiroff as Turk

Awards and honors

Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.^[2]

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

2006: AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals – Nominated^[3]

Reception

The film earned $861,000 in the US and $1,747,000 overseas for a total rental of $2,608,000.^[1] It earned a further $151,000 on re-release in 1949-1950 to almost break even.^[1]

References

Notes

1. ^¹²³{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/32288/The-Merry-Widow/details |title=The Merry Widow |accessdate=2008-12-07|work=New York Times}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/musicals_ballot.pdf |title= AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals Nominees |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2016-08-13}}

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0025493|title=The Merry Widow}}
{{tcmdb title|id=14840|title=The Merry Widow}}
{{Amg movie|id=32288|title=The Merry Widow}}
{{AFI film|7352|La veuve joyeuse}}
{{IMDb title|id=0153526|title=La Veuve joyeuse}}
{{tcmdb title|id=555117|title=La Veuve joueuse}}

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