The Merry Widow
Presented by Mark A. Vieira
Thursday, October 30, 7:00
Producer
Irving Thalberg reunited director
Ernst Lubitsch
with stars
Maurice Chevalier and
Jeanette MacDonald
for this effervescent and romantic musical comedy based on the operetta by
Franz
Lehar. Released after the establishment of the Production Code, this
film was trimmed of some of its sauciest moments, but these have recently been
restored. With
Edward Everett Horton.
Writers: Ernest
Vajda, Samson Raphaelson.
(US 1934) 99 min. Not on DVD. Followed by discussion and book-signing.
Presented as part of the Irving
Thalberg's MGM Series
Playing at the Rafael Film Center
Oct 30 2008
