The Merry Widow (1925)


The Merry Widow
Release Date26 August 1925
GenreDrama, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Sound MixSilent
ColorBlack and White

The Merry Widow is a 1925 American silent MGM romantic drama film and black comedy directed and written by Erich von Stroheim. The film stars Mae Murray, John Gilbert and Roy D'Arcy.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Sally O'Hara

Prince Danilo Petrovich

Crown Prince Mirko

Queen Milena

King Nikita I

Baron Sixtus Sadoja

Edward Connelly
Baron Popoff

Helen Howard Beaumont
Chorus girl

Gertrude Bennett
Hard-Boiled Virginia

Bernard Berger
Boy

Sidney Bracey
Danilo's footman

French barber

Danilo's adjutant

Horatio

Ballroom Extra

Orchestra leader

Anielka Elter
Blindfolded musician

Sadoja's chambermaid

Ballroom Extra

Louise Hughes
Chorus girl

Ballroom Extra

Harvey Karels
Jimmy Watson

Hughie Mack
Innkeeper

Charles Margolis
Flo Epstein

Anna Maynard
Chorus girl

Ida Moore
Innkeeper's wife

George Nichols
Doorkeeper

Beatrice O'Brien
Chorus girl

Walter Plunkett
Ballroom Extra

Lon Poff
Sadoja's lackey

Eugene Pouyet
Francois

Frances Primm
Hansen Sister

Oscar Rudolph
Boy

Don Ryan
Mirko's adjutant

Rolfe Sedan
Waiter at Maxim's

Carolynne Snowden
Black dancer

Merewyn Thayer
Baroness Popoff

Edna Tichenor
Dopey Marie

Ellinor Vanderveer
Ballroom Extra

Lucille Van Lent
Innkeeper's daughter

Wilhelm von Brincken
Danilo's aide-de-camp

Clara Wallacks
Hansen sister

Zack Williams
George Washington White

Zalla Zarana
Frenchie Christine

Director

Leo Stein

Viktor Léon

Marian Ainslee

Producer

producer

Cinematographer

Oliver T. Marsh

Ray Rennahan
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Ben F. Reynolds
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Editor

Frank E. Hull
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Margaret Booth
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Costume Designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Louis Germonprez
assistant director

Edward Sowders
assistant director

Art Department

Camera and Electrical Department

Cliff Shirpser
assistant camera

Music Department

composer: music themes (from operetta "Die lustige Witwe"

William Axt
music arranger

Maurice Baron
orchestrator

David Mendoza
music arranger

Production Company

Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.
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Films directed by Erich von Stroheim
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