The Merry Widow (1934)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Merry Widow |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
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| Swedish release | 1935-03-18 |
Cast
Maurice Chevalier
kapten Danilo
Jeanette MacDonald
Sonia/Fifi
Edward Everett Horton
ambassadören Popoff
Titles
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| Swedish release title |
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Screenplay |
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| Producer |
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| Director of Photography | |
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| Film Editor |
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| Lyrics |
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| Orchestra Leader | |
| Set Decorator | |
| Costume Designer | |
| Make-up Supervisor |
Cast
| Maurice Chevalier | kapten Danilo | ||
| Jeanette MacDonald | Sonia/Fifi | ||
| Edward Everett Horton | ambassadören Popoff | ||
| Una Merkel | drottning Dolores | ||
| Lona Andre | Sonias jungfru | ||
| Henry Armetta | turk | ||
| George Barbier | kung Ahmed | ||
| George Baxter | ambassadör | ||
| Herman Bing | Zizipoff | ||
| Richard Carle | försvarsadvokat | ||
| Ruth Channing | Lulu | ||
| Virginia Field | fånge | ||
| Tom Francis | ortodox präst | ||
| Minna Gombell | Marcelle | ||
| Winter Hall | präst | ||
| Sterling Holloway | Mischka | ||
| Leonid Kinskey | herde | ||
| Ferdinand Munier | fångvaktare | ||
| Lucien Prival | Adamovitch | ||
| Hector Semo | zigenarledare | ||
| Rolfe Sedan | Gabrielovitsch | ||
| Morgan Wallace | åklagare | ||
| Nora Cecil | djurkvinnan | ||
| Christian J. Frank | polisman | ||
| Otto Fries | polisman | ||
| Roger Gray | polisman | ||
| John Roach | polisman | ||
| Bella Loblov | zigenarviolinist | ||
| Jan Rubini | violinist | ||
| Frank Sheridan | domare | ||
| Caryl Lincoln | Sonias jungfru | ||
| Sheila Terry | Sonias jungfru | ||
| Edna Waldron | Sonias jungfru | ||
| Luana Walters | Sonias jungfru | ||
| Wedgwood Nowell | lakej | ||
| Akim Tamiroff | Maxims direktör | ||
| Barbara Barondess | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Shirley Chambers | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Dorothy Dehn | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Jill Dennett | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Pat Farley | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Dorothy Granger | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Mary Jane Halsey | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Jean Hart | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Eleanor Hunt | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Connie La Mont | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Maria Troubetskoy | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Peggy Watts | flicka på Maxim | ||
| Dorothy Wilson | flicka på Maxim |
Companies
| Production Company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation | ||
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| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 51717 |
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| Date | 1935-01 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 2687 meters |
| Notes | Den första inlämnade kopian var 2750 meter, men kortades senare av distributören till 2687 meter. |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.37:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Optical mono |
| Colour type | Black and white |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
Original work
| Original title | Die lustige Witwe (Operetta) | |
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| Lyrics | Leo Stein | |
| Victor Léon_DUBBLETT | ||
| Composer | Franz Lehár |
Release dates
| Release in Sweden | 1935-03-18 | Palladium | Stockholm | Sweden | 98 min | |
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| TV showing | 1970-06-07 | TV1 | Sweden | |||
| Cinematheque screening, archive copy | 2012-10-22 | |||||
| 2012-10-27 | ||||||
| 2012-11-03 | ||||||
| 2012-11-10 |
Related films
| That's Entertainment, Part 2 (1976) | The Merry Widow (1934) | |
| Precious Images (1986) | The Merry Widow (1934) |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2694 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Size | Larger than 80 x 110 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Cutting continuity |
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| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Language | English |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | SET |
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| Behind the scenes prints | 1 |
| Slides | 10 |
| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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