The Merry Widow
1934 ‧ Musical/Comedy ‧ 1h 39m
The kingdom of Marshovia is so small that one of its richest citizens, Madame Sonia (Jeanette MacDonald), is responsible for paying more than half of its taxes. Understandably, when she runs away to Paris and takes her money with her, it means...
Release date: October 11, 1934 (USA)
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Loews Cineplex Entertainment
Adapted from: Die lustige Witwe
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A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
THE MERRY WIDOW (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934), produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch, is a musical-comedy based on the 1905 operetta by Franz Lehar, though the ...