The Merry Widow (1934)
Comedy, Music, Romance • 1h 39m
Overview
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Minna Gombell, Ruth Channing, Sterling Holloway, Donald Meek, Herman Bing, Jacklyn Alexander, Lona Andre, Henry Armetta, Zita Baca, Barbara Barondess, George Baxter, Cosmo Kyrle Bellew, Sheila Bromley, Tyler Brooke, Kathleen Burke, A.S. Byron, Richard Carle, Nora Cecil, Shirley Chambers, Lane Chandler, Claudia Coleman, Gino Corrado, Dorothy Dehn, Jill Dennett, Paul Ellis, Patricia Farley, Christian J. Frank, Otto Fries, Dorothy Granger, Roger Gray, Winter Hall, Mary Halsey, Jeanne Hart, Tom Herbert, Arthur Housman, Eleanor Hunt, Perry Ivins, Leonid Kinskey, Connie La Mont, Barbara Leonard, George J. Lewis, Caryl Lincoln, Bella Loblov, Jacques Lory, George Magrill, Eric Mayne, Wilmuth Merkyl, John 'Skins' Miller, Frank O'Connor, Akim Tamiroff, Lya Lys
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: Alfred E. Green
Directors: Louis J. Gasnier & Max Marcin
Directors: Louis J. Gasnier & Max Marcin
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Clarence Brown
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Clarence Brown
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: John Ford
Warner Archive Blu-ray new restoration by Library of Congress and the Film Foundation
Director: John Ford
Warner Archive Blu-ray new restoration by Library of Congress and the Film Foundation
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Clarence Brown
Director: Clarence Brown
Directors: Ted Berman & Richard Rich
Directors: Ted Berman & Richard Rich
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Director: Phil Karlson
Director: Phil Karlson
Director: Mariano Llinás
Director: Mariano Llinás
Director: Jeff Tremaine
2D version: 2011 Paramount Blu-ray
3D version: Digital release, currently available on Apple TV Vision Pro and Android XR
2D version: 2011 Paramount Blu-ray
3D version: Digital release, currently available on Apple TV Vision Pro and Android XR
The only physical release of the 3D version is an anaglyph DVD, which is worse resolution than the full colour digital HD release.
Director: Jeff Tremaine
2D version: 2011 Paramount Blu-ray
3D version: Digital release, currently available on Apple TV Vision Pro and Android XR
2D version: 2011 Paramount Blu-ray
3D version: Digital release, currently available on Apple TV Vision Pro and Android XR
The only physical release of the 3D version is an anaglyph DVD, which is worse resolution than the full colour digital HD release.
Director: William Dieterle
Director: William Dieterle
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