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The Merry Widow

Year:
Duration:
105 min
Genres:
Musical
IMDB rate:
5.9
Director:
Curtis Bernhardt
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1952-09-05
Filming Locations: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Lana Turner
Crystal Radek
Fernando Lamas
Count Danilo
Una Merkel
Kitty Riley
Richard Haydn
Baron Popoff
Thomas Gomez
King of Marshovia
John Abbott
Marshovian Ambassador
Marcel Dalio
Police Sergeant
Robert Coote
Marquis De Crillon
Sujata Rubener
Gypsy Girl (as Sujata)
Lisa Ferraday
Marcella
Shepard Menken
Kunjany
Ludwig Stössel
Major Domo (as Ludwig Stossel)
Erville Alderson
Cart Driver (uncredited)
Bette Arlen
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Frank Arnold
Waiter (uncredited)
Geneviève Aumont
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Toni Carroll
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Sue Casey
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Perdita Chandler
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Zina d'Harcourt
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
George Davis
Cabbie (uncredited)
George Dee
Waiter (uncredited)
Edward Earle
Chestnut Vendor (uncredited)
Patricia Edwards
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Roger Etienne
Bellhop (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Putney (uncredited)
Lisa Golm
Queen (uncredited)
Dolly Haas
First Little Girl (uncredited)
Dolores Haas
Second Little Girl (uncredited)
Patsy Henry
Third Little Girl (uncredited)
Patricia Joiner
Suzanne (uncredited)
Anne Kimbell
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Judy Landon
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Joi Lansing
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Scout Leader (uncredited)
Meredith Leeds
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
The King's Page with pistol (uncredited)
James Logan
Servant (uncredited)
Marilyn Malloy
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Joseph Marievsky
Russian (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Chestnut Vendor (uncredited)
Matt Mattox
Dancer (uncredited)
Edwin Max
Masher at Maxim's (uncredited)
Wanda McKay
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
French Tour Guide (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Station Master (uncredited)
Nolie Miller
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Albert Pollet
Waiter (uncredited)
Ann Roberts
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Sally Seaver
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Gale Sherwood
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Gregg Sherwood
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Bob Stebbins
Messenger (uncredited)
Gene Summers
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Beverly Thompson
Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Carlo Tricoli
Latki (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
Attendant (uncredited)
Gwen Verdon
Specialty Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)
Ernö Verebes
Waiter (uncredited)
Dave Willock
Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Turner and Lamas were romantically involved during the film and were set to co-star in "Latin Lovers," but had a falling-out, and she had him replaced with Ricardo Montalban a week before shooting was to begin.
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A Merry Widow is a short, strapless corset or corselette with half-cups for the breasts and long garters. It was first made by the foundations company Warner's of Bridgeport, CT in 1952, to coincide with the release of this movie.
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When Lana Turner's millionaire husband Bob Topping left her in 1951, she slashed her wrist and had to wear a bracelet during this shoot to cover the scar.
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Photos from cast
King Donovan Kathleen O'Malley
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