German-Speaking Emigrés A Biographical Database |
THE MERRY WIDOW |
Title of the Film | THE MERRY WIDOW |
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Year of Release | 1952 |
Country of Origin | US |
Language(s) | English |
Run Time (in minutes) | 104 |
Length (in meters) | 2880 |
Colour | colour |
Genre | Musical |
Based on/Source | Operetta by Franz Lehar, Victor Leon and Leo Stein |
Production Companies | Loew's Incorporated, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Producer(s) | Joe Pasternak |
Director | Curtis Bernhardt |
Cast | Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel, Richard Haydn, Thomas Gomez, Marcel Dalio, Ludwig Stoessel, Lisa Golm, Erno Verebes |
Literature | Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 1952 Variety, 9 July 1952 Kinematograph Weekly, 28 August 1952 Time, 8 September 1952 New York Times, 25 September 1952 Spectator, 10 October 1952 Newsweek, 13 October 1952 Times, 17 October 1952 Jewish Chronicle, 24 October 1952 Monthly Film Bulletin, October 1952 Picturegoer, 8 November 1952 Picturegoer, 15 November 1952 |
Special notes | Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse |