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Franz Lehár. The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe [diː ˈlʊstɪɡə ˈvɪtvə]) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár.The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play, L'attaché d'ambassade (The ...
At a New Year's Eve party in 1899, the King of Marshovia, a small European country with financial difficulty, dispatches Marshovia's ambassador to the United States to invite a young, rich widow, Crystal Radek, to Marshovia for the unveiling of a statue in honor of her deceased husband, Charlie, a Marshovian native.
Prima Donna – "Screen Director's Playhouse" Season 1 Episode 17 February 1, 1956; Jeanette MacDonald- "The Lux Video Theatre Hollywood Musical Holiday Revue" Season 7 Episode 13 December 20, 1956; Jeanette MacDonald- Playhouse 90 Charley's Aunt Season 1 Episode 26. March 28, 1957; Jeanette MacDonald on "The Big Record". Season 1 Episode 2.
The Merry Widow, an adaptation of the operetta; Films. The Merry Widow, a Hungarian silent film directed by Michael Curtiz; The Merry Widow, a silent film directed by Erich von Stroheim, starring Mae Murray and John Gilbert; The Merry Widow directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald
The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. The film was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and stars Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. A French-language version was produced at the same time and released in France the same year as La veuve joyeuse.
Donald Brian in the original Broadway production of The Merry Widow (1907) Donald Brian (February 17, 1877 – December 22, 1948) was an actor, dancer and singer born in St. John's, Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada). In 1907, he starred in the hit operetta The Merry Widow.
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 , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] with pre-fame uncredited appearances by Joan Crawford and Clark Gable .
The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe) is a 1962 Austrian-French musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Karin Hübner and Gunther Philipp. [1] It is based on the 1905 operetta The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár. [2] It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna.