The Merry Widow (1934)

193444mdir. Ernst LubitschUnited Statesromantic comedymusical film

Note: runs 44 min against a known 99 min minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Minna Gombell, Sterling Holloway, Donald Meek

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. The film was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and stars 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. Lorenz Hart and Gus Kahn wrote new English lyrics for some of Lehar's songs under the musical direction of Herbert Stothart.

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