Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on July 16, 2018

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: The Merry...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on June 25, 2018

The Merry Widow Directed by Ernst Lubitsch Written by Ernest Vajda and Samuel Raphaelson based on an operetta by Victor Leon and Leo Stein 1934/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant Nothing like setting the Lubitsch touch to beautiful music. Sonia (Jeanette MacDonald) is a young wido   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on March 9, 2016

Originally undertaken in 1925 with a remake in 1934, this was the third and final adaptation of the Franz Lehar operetta. By far the most expensive and opulent of the trio, The Merry Widow replaces the likes of Mae Murray and Maurice Chevalier with clotheshorse Lana Turner and bohunk Fernando...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on March 9, 2016

Originally undertaken in 1925 with a remake in 1934, this was the third and final adaptation of the Franz Lehar operetta. By far the most expensive and opulent of the trio, The Merry Widow replaces the likes of Mae Murray and Maurice Chevalier with clotheshorse Lana Turner and bohunk Fernando...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on January 9, 2016

A Viúva Alegre / The Merry Widow (1934) O que primeiro vem à sua mente quando você pensa na França? Torre Eiffel? A Marselhesa? Boinas? Napoleão? Escargot? Para mim, há duas coisas que representam a França: Versalhes e Maurice Chevalier. E ambos podem ser vistos em “A Viúva Alegre&#8221   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on April 9, 2014

“Who would think he’d be killed, by a little shock like that? Why ‘twas nothing but the bill for my Merry Widow Hat”. During the Edwardian Era, the craze over the Merry Widow hat became an extraordinary cultural event. The highlighted “S” curve silhouette of the female figure, together with...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on March 23, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on March 23, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Erich von Stroheim turned his singular talents to a classic operetta and the resulting film was the biggest hit of his career. It’s all about central European royalty (natch), an empty treasury and an extremely wealthy w   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

A Viúva Alegre / The Merry Widow (1934) O que primeiro vem à sua mente quando você pensa na França? Torre Eiffel? A Marselhesa? Boinas? Napoleão? Escargot? Para mim, há duas coisas que representam a França: Versalhes e Maurice Chevalier. E ambos podem ser vistos em “A Viúva Alegre&#8221   read more