The Merry Widow (1934) |
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| Director(s) | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Producer(s) | Irving Thalberg (uncredited), Ernst Lubitsch (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Film Adaptation, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Marriage, Mistaken Identity, Money, Paris, Period Piece, Pre-Code Cinema, Romance (Comic), Royalty |
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The Merry Widow
Released
1934
Maurice Chevalier
(as Count Danilo)
The Merry Widow
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1934
Jeanette MacDonald
(as Madame Sonia)
The Merry Widow
Released
1934
Edward Everett Horton
(as Ambassador Popoff)
The Merry Widow
Released
1934
Una Merkel
(as Queen Dolores)
The Merry Widow
Released
1934
George Barbier
(as King Achmet)
The Merry Widow
Released
1934
Minna Gombell
(as Marcelle)
The Merry Widow
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1934
Sterling Holloway
(as Mischka)
The Merry Widow
Released
1934
Donald Meek
(as Valet)
The Merry Widow Overview:
The Merry Widow (1934) was a Musical - Comedy Film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and produced by Irving Thalberg and Ernst Lubitsch.
Academy Awards 1952 --- Ceremony Number 25 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope | Won |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Helen Rose, Gile Steele | Nominated |
The Merry Widow BlogHub Articles:
Musical Monday: The Merry Widow (1952)
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 Widow (1952) ... Read full article
The Merry Widow (1934)
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 full article
The Merry Widow (1952)
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 Lamas ... Read full article
The Merry Widow (1952)
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 Lamas ... Read full article
A Viúva Alegre / The Merry Widow (1934)
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 Aleg... Read full article
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The Merry Widow Quotes:
Queen Dolores: If I weren't married... if I had it to do over again, and had the choice between you and Gabrielovitsch? Frankly, I'd take you.
[King Achmet laughs contentedly]
Queen Dolores: That shows you what I think of Gabrielovitsch.
Valet: For everything. They're even telling jokes about your majesty.
King Achmet: Are they funny?
Valet: No.
King Achmet: That's bad.
Adamovitch: Yes, your excellency?
Ambassador Popoff: Go to my bedroom. In the cabinet, behind his majesty's picture, is a little brown bottle of poison... Throw it away. It's a protective measure.