Merry Widow

And in The Merry Widow, which is not on this set because Warners owns it and hasn't released it yet, he's grown enough as an actor that he's actually able to make us like him.

Archive 2008-02-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008

And in The Merry Widow, which is not on this set because Warners owns it and hasn't released it yet, he's grown enough as an actor that he's actually able to make us like him.

The Importance of Being Ernst Jaime J. Weinman 2008

He contrasted her in his mind with Nora Conneely whom he had met that morning as he went to the post-office, wearing what he had heard called a Merry Widow hat, and a tight skirt, displaying open-work stockings and high-heeled shoes, a string of pearls about a neck generously displayed by the low blouse she was wearing, her right hand twirling the famous walking-stick.

Love of Brothers Katharine Tynan 1896

But me for the 'Merry Widow' and even the hoary 'Jingle Bells' every time!

Miss Billy — Married 1894

What I remember of the first, blurry, post-breakup years was the adrenaline coursing through my veins, a mix of terror and anger camouflaged under the giddy frenzy of a Merry Widow.

Catherine Texier: The Post-Divorce Relationship Catherine Texier 2010

What I remember of the first, blurry, post-breakup years was the adrenaline coursing through my veins, a mix of terror and anger camouflaged under the giddy frenzy of a Merry Widow.

Catherine Texier: The Post-Divorce Relationship Catherine Texier 2010

Lanas dress is indeed from The Merry Widow, as a poster above also mentioned.

Ava and Lana BFF - A Dress A Day 2009

Now if only Warners would bring out The Merry Widow, the end of an era in so many ways: Lubitsch's last completed musical (he started one last musical, That Lady In Ermine with Betty Grable, but didn't finish it); his last movie with Chevalier and MacDonald; his last pre-Code movie (it sustained some cuts when the Code came in, but thankfully the original version survived).

The Importance of Being Ernst Jaime J. Weinman 2008

Interestingly she was not the first choice for Merry Widow; MGM was thinking of Grace Moore.

Archive 2008-02-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008

Now if only Warners would bring out The Merry Widow, the end of an era in so many ways: Lubitsch's last completed musical (he started one last musical, That Lady In Ermine with Betty Grable, but didn't finish it); his last movie with Chevalier and MacDonald; his last pre-Code movie (it sustained some cuts when the Code came in, but thankfully the original version survived).

Archive 2008-02-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008