The Merry Widow (1934 film)

The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. It was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and starred 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.
Plot.
Playboy Captain Danilo (Maurice Chevalier) is ordered by King Achmet of Marshovia (George Barbier) to court and marry Madame Sonia (Jeanette MacDonald), a rich widow who owns a large portion of the kingdom.
Awards and honors.
Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
Reception.
The film earned $861,000 in the US and $1,747,000 overseas for a total rental of $2,608,000. It earned a further $151,000 on re-release in 1949-1950 to almost break even.
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