The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow
Release: 1952-09-05
·Runtime: 105m
·★ 6.2
Drama
Music
Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
George Dee
as Waiter (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Michele Montau
as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Joi Lansing
as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Edwin Max
as Masher at Maxim's (uncredited)
Wanda McKay
as Girl at Maxim's
Jeffrey Sayre
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Ernö Verebes
as Waiter (uncredited)
John Abbott
as Marshovian Ambassador
King Donovan
as Nitki
Erville Alderson
as Cart Driver (uncredited)
Anne Kimbell
as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Lisa Golm
as Queen (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Richard Neill
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
George Davis
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
as Station Master (uncredited)
Thomas Gomez
as King of Marshovia
Robert Coote
as Marquis De Crillon
Edward Earle
as Chestnut Vendor (uncredited)
Judy Landon
as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Matt Mattox
as Dancer (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Gale Sherwood
as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Richard Haydn
as Baron Popoff
Buddy Bryan
as Dancer (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as King’s Page with Pistol (uncredited)
Barry Norton
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Una Merkel
as Kitty Riley
Everett Glass
as Putney (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
as Scout Leader (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
as Waitress (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
as Attendant (uncredited)
Gwen Verdon
as Specialty Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)
Dave Willock
as Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
Sue Casey
as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Lisa Ferraday
as Marcella
Bert Stevens
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Dolly Haas
as 1st Little Girl (uncredited)
Michael Mark
as Chestnut Vendor (uncredited)
Lana Turner
as Crystal Radek
Marcel Dalio
as Police Sergeant
George Calliga
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Zina d'Harcourt
as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Fernando Lamas
as Count Danilo
Ludwig Stössel
as Major Domo
Gertrude Astor
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Crew
Helen Rose
Costume Design
Joe Pasternak
Producer
Franz Lehár
Original Music Composer
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Curtis Bernhardt
Director
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Jack Cole
Choreographer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Sonya Levien
Screenplay
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration