The Merry Widow
A frothy, high-spirited gem based on Franz Lehar's operetta.
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DVD-R Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.37:1
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 39 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: May 28, 2013
- Originally Released: 1934
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Maurice Chevalier & Jeanette MacDonald | |
Performer: | Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Minna Gombell, Sterling Holloway, Herman Bing, Donald Meek & Henry Armetta | |
Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch | |
Screenplay by | Ernest Vajda & Samson Raphaelson | |
Composition by | Arthur Lange & Franz Lehár | |
Art Direction by | Cedric Gibbons | |
Produced by | Ernst Lubitsch & Irving Thalberg | |
Director of Photography: | Oliver T. Marsh |
Entertainment Reviews:
Everybody's old favorite brought strictly up to date by Ernst Lubitsch, and very brightly acted, danced and sung by Maurice Chevalier and Jeannette MacDonald.
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Maclean's Magazine
Rating: B+ --
Lubitsch's charming operetta, based on Franz Lehar's popular work, features great star turns by Maurice Chevalier and Jeannette MacDonald in their last teaming together.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: B --
The chemistry between stars Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald seems as tasty as a French pastry.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 3/5 --
The Lubitsch touch is in full swing here. A gem.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Rating: 4/5 --
Not Lubitsch's best, but still Lubitsch
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
As directed by Ernst Lubitsch, this has its brighter touches, but underneath them all, it's still the same old hokum and I am pretty tired of it.
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Vanity Fair
Description by OLDIES.com:
Jeanette MacDonald is Sonia, a bubbly widow who owns 52% of every cow and cowtown in the tiny European country of Marshovia. When she relocates to glittery Paris, suave ladies' man Captain Danilo (Maurice Chevalier) sets out in hot pursuit. His mission: avert his homeland's financial ruin by bringing Sonia back on the wings of love.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 31,610
- UPC: 883316734407
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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