The Merry Widow
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The Merry Widow 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
Franz Lehár
Lily Elsie in act 3, London, 1907
Louis Treumann and Mizzi Günther on the frontpage of a piano–vocal score, 1906
Donald Brian and Ethel Jackson in the original Broadway production (1907)
The Merry Widow (1934 film)
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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.
The Merry Widow
…1925, US, silent version by Erich von Stroheim, with John Gilbert as Danilo and Mae Murray as Hanna 1934, US, black-and-white version, by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald; new lyrics were written by Lorenz Hart and Gus Kahn. 1952, US, version in…
Theatrical release poster
A publicity still of Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier in The Merry Widow