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The Merry Widow is a 1934 American black-and-white romantic comedy musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, the film stars Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, and Una Merkel. The screenplay was written by Marcel Achard, Ernst Lubitsch, Ernest Vajda, and Samson Raphaelson, with music composed by Herbert Stothart. The narrative is set in Europe and follows a prince from a small kingdom who courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
The film received an Academy Award for Best Production Design, which was awarded to Cedric Gibbons. Adrian served as the costume designer, and Oliver T. Marsh was the director of photography. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, the movie has a runtime of 99 minutes. It holds a review score of 7.4 out of 10 and 90 percent, while other sources list ratings of 7.2, 7.1, and 6.8. The film was released on November 2, 1934, and is available via video on demand.
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Vinony files it under 1930s romantic musical films, 1934 American films and 1934 films.
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Film · TMDB
6.8A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Cast
- Maurice Chevalier as Count Danilo
- Jeanette MacDonald as Madame Sonia / Fifi
- Edward Everett Horton as Ambassador Popoff
- Una Merkel as Queen Dolores
- George Barbier as King Achmet
- Minna Gombell as Marcelle
Themes
- widow
- musical
- pre-code
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
3,336 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
- Year
- 1934
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Rated
- Passed
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 1 win total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Screenwriter
- Henri Meilhac
- Cast member
- Frank Sheridan
- Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Producer
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Oliver T. Marsh
- Narrative location
- Europe
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 263605
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The Merry Widow (1934) trailer 2.jpg
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- publication date
- 1934-01-01
- title
- The Merry Widow
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Production Design
- Commons category
- The Merry Widow (1934 film)
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Adrian
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 90%
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