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The Merry Widow

1952

1h 45m

5.80

Drama, Music

Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Cast

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

King Donovan

Nitki

Robert Coote

Marquis De Crillon

Lisa Ferraday

Marcella

Ludwig Stössel

Major Domo

Erville Alderson

Cart Driver (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Club Patron (uncredited)

George Calliga

Club Patron (uncredited)

Sue Casey

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)

Everett Glass

Putney (uncredited)

Lisa Golm

Queen (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

Club Patron (uncredited)

Dolly Haas

1st Little Girl (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)

Mitchell Lewis

King’s Page with Pistol (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Chestnut Vendor (uncredited)

Matt Mattox

Dancer (uncredited)

Edwin Max

Masher at Maxim's (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Frank McLure

Club Patron (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

Station Master (uncredited)

Michele Montau

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Richard Neill

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Barry Norton

Club Patron (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

Waitress (uncredited)

Loretta Russell

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Club Patron (uncredited)

Gale Sherwood

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Club Patron (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan

Attendant (uncredited)

Gwen Verdon

Specialty Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)

Ernö Verebes

Waiter (uncredited)

Dave Willock

Marshovian Attache (uncredited)

Wanda McKay

Girl at Maxim's

Sujata Rubener

Gypsy Girl (as Sujata)

Shepard Menken

Kunjany

John Alban

Club Patron (uncredited)

Bette Arlen

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Frank Arnold

Waiter (uncredited)

Herman Belmonte

Doorman (uncredited)

Eumenio Blanco

Waiter (uncredited)

Oscar Blank

Townsman (uncredited)

Herman Boden

Dancer (uncredited)

Buddy Bryan

Dancer (uncredited)

Toni Carroll

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Perdita Chandler

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Cristo

Club Patron (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Club Patron (uncredited)

Drusilla Davis

Dancer (uncredited)

Burnell Dietsch

Dancer (uncredited)

Jack Dodds

Dancer (uncredited)

Patricia Edwards

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Roger Etienne

Bellhop (uncredited)

Sig Frohlich

Waitress (uncredited)

Joseph Glick

Parade Spectator (uncredited)

Marion Gray

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Diane Gump

Dancer (uncredited)

Dolores Haas

2nd Little Girl (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Patsy Henry

3rd Little Girl (uncredited)

Erze Ivan

Specialty Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)

Patricia Joiner

Suzanne (uncredited)

Al Kunde

Townsman (uncredited)

Tommy Ladd

Dancer (uncredited)

Gustave Lax

Washington Party Guest (uncredited)

Esther Ying Lee

Embassy Guest (uncredited)

Meredith Leeds

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

James Logan

Servant (uncredited)

Marilyn Malloy

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Joseph Marievsky

Russian (uncredited)

Svetlana McLee

Specialty Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)

Louis Mercier

French Tour Guide (uncredited)

Nolie Miller

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Gregor Momdjian

Dancer (uncredited)

Kathleen O'Malley

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Foster H. Phinney

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Albert Pollet

Waiter (uncredited)

Ellen Ray

Specialty Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)

Edward Rickard

Club Patron (uncredited)

Ann Roberts

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

John Roy

Maitre d' (uncredited)

Sally Seaver

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Bernard Sell

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Lucile Sewall

Reception Guest (uncredited)

June Smaney

Townswoman (uncredited)

Willetta Smith

Specialty Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)

Bob Stebbins

Messenger (uncredited)

Norman Stevans

Symphony Spectator (uncredited)

Gene Summers

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Beverly Thompson

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

Carlo Tricoli

Latki (uncredited)

Marc Wilder

Dancer (uncredited)

Doris Wolcott

Specialty Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)

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