The Merry Widow(Movie, 1925)

Name: The Merry Widow
Genre: Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 1925
Duration: T02:17:00
Rating: 3.4

2h 17min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 13 votes)

The Merry Widow is a 1925 American silent romantic drama/black comedy film directed and written by Erich von Stroheim. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film stars Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, and Tully Marshall, with pre-fame uncredited appearances by Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. The film is based on the Franz Lehár's 1905 operetta of the same name, and was its second film adaptation, the first being a 1918 Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz. While a print of the film still survives, the end sequence shot in two-tone Technicolor is now lost. ()

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When Prince Danilo falls in love with American dancer Sally O'Hara, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco, forbids him to marry her because Sally is a commoner. Thinking she has been jilted by her prince, Sally marries wealthy Baron Sadoja. When the elderly man dies suddenly, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Europe

Based on: "The Merry Widow" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, An Erich von Stroheim Production

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: No Language (XX)

Translated into 9 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 09/27/1926

Cast: Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, George Fawcett, Tully Marshall, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Xavier Cugat, Dale Fuller, Jacqueline Gadsden, Irene Lentz, George Nichols, Walter Plunkett, Rolfe Sedan, Zack Williams, Albert Conti, Edward Connelly, Josephine Crowell, Lon Poff, Zack Williams

Director: Erich von Stroheim

Producer: Irving Thalberg, Erich von Stroheim

Screenwriter: Erich von Stroheim, Benjamin Glazer

Film Editor: Margaret Booth

Director of Photography: William H. Daniels, Oliver T. Marsh, Ray Rennahan

Composer: William Axt

Costume designer: Richard Day

Production Designer: Cedric Gibbons

Keywords: prince, wild party, wealthy widow, cousin cousin relationship, based on play or musical, silent film, romantic rivalry, widow, cousins, dancer, dance

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The Merry Widow(Movie, 1925)

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