The Merry Widow (1934 film)
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| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Produced by |
Irving Thalberg Uncredited: Ernst Lubitsch |
| Written by |
Libretto: Victor Léon Leo Stein Screenplay: Ernest Vajda Samson Raphaelson Marcel Achard (French version) |
| Starring |
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald |
| Music by | Franz Lehár |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
| Edited by | Frances Marsh (English) Adrienne Fazan (French) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English French (separate versions) |
| Budget | $1,605,000 |
| Box office | $861,000 (Domestic earnings) $1,747,000 (Foreign earnings) |
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.
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.
Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
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