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The Merry Widow is a american film of genre Drama directed by Erich von Stroheim released in USA on 26 august 1925 with Mae Murray

The Merry Widow (1926)

The Merry Widow
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Released in USA 26 august 1925
Length 1h52
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy-drama,    Romance
Rating71% 3.5942953.5942953.5942953.5942953.594295

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 and Roy D'Arcy. The film is based on the Franz Lehár's opera of the same name and was the second adaptation of the opera, the first being released in Hungary in 1918. Joan Crawford and Clark Gable also had uncredited roles in the film.

While a print of the film still survives, the end sequence shot in two-tone Technicolor is now lost.

Synopsis

Prince Danilo falls in love with dancer Sally O'Hara. His uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco forbids the marriage because she is a commoner. Thinking she has been jilted by her prince, Sally marries old, lecherous Baron Sadoja, whose wealth has kept the kingdom afloat. When he dies suddenly, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.

Actors

Mae Murray

(Sally O'Hara - The Merry Widow)John Gilbert

(Prince Danilo Petrovich)Roy D'Arcy

(Crown Prince Mirko)George Fawcett

(King Nikita)Josephine Crowell

(Queen Milena)
And :
Tully Marshall
Clark Gable
Edward Connelly
Albert Conti
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