The Merry Widow (1934) | |
| Director(s) | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Producer(s) | Ernst Lubitsch (uncredited), Irving Thalberg (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 (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 |
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Musical Monday: The Merry Widow (1952)
on Jul 16, 2018 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?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)?? Mus... Read full article
The Merry Widow (1934)
By Beatrice on Jun 25, 2018 From Flickers in TimeThe 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)
on Mar 9, 2016 From Journeys in Classic FilmOriginally 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)
on Mar 9, 2016 From Journeys in Classic FilmOriginally 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 Vi?va Alegre / The Merry Widow (1934)
By L? on Jan 9, 2016 From Critica RetroA Vi?va Alegre / The Merry Widow (1934) O que primeiro vem ? sua mente quando voc? pensa na Fran?a? Torre Eiffel? A Marselhesa? Boinas? Napole?o? Escargot? Para mim, h? duas coisas que representam a Fran?a: Versalhes e Maurice Chevalier. E ambos podem ser vistos em “A Vi?va Alegre”... Read full article
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Ambassador Popoff: Adamovitch.
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.
King Achmet: So they're blaming me, huh?
Valet: For everything. They're even telling jokes about your majesty.
King Achmet: Are they funny?
Valet: No.
King Achmet: That's bad.
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A French-language version was filmed simultaneously, with Chevalier and MacDonald in the starring roles. (As a trained opera singer, MacDonald spoke and sang excellent French.) However, the rest of the cast was replaced with French-speaking actors. Marcel Vallée played the Ambassador (who is played by Edward Everett Horton in the English version).
Una Merkel later appeared as Kitty Riley in the 1952 film version of The Merry Widow, starring Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas.
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