The Merry Widow (1934 film)
- The Merry Widow (1934 film)
Infobox Film
name = The Merry Widow
image_size = 200 px
caption = DVD cover
director = Ernst Lubitsch
producer = Ernst Lubitsch (uncredited)
Irving Thalberg (uncredited)
writer = Ernest Vajda
Samson Raphaelson
narrator =
starring = Maurice Chevalier
Jeanette MacDonald
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = November 2 1934
runtime = 99 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0025493
"The Merry Widow" is a 1934 film adaptation of the operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starred Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.
Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
Plot
Playboy Count 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
*Maurice Chevalier as Count 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
External links
*tcmdb title|id=14840|title=The Merry Widow
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