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Merrywidow
''The Merry Widow'' is an operetta by Franz Lehár. The Merry Widow may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Adaptations of Lehár's operetta Ballet * ''The Merry Widow'' (ballet), an adaptation of the operetta Films * ''The Merry Widow'' (1918 film), a Hungarian silent film directed by Michael Curtiz * ''The Merry Widow'' (1925 film), a silent film directed by Erich von Stroheim, starring Mae Murray and John Gilbert * ''The Merry Widow'' (1934 film) directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald * ''The Merry Widow'' (1952 film), directed by Curtis Bernhardt * ''The Merry Widow'' (1962 film), Austrian film directed by Werner Jacobs * ''The Merry Widow'' (2007 film), a French comedy film Other arts, entertainment, and media * ''The Merry Widow'' (TV series), a French television series which uses the music from the operetta, but not the plot * Thee Merry Widows, a psychobilly band People * Mary Elizabeth Wilson (1889-1963), also kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Widow
''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play, (''The Embassy Attaché'') by Henri Meilhac. The operetta has enjoyed extraordinary international success since its 1905 premiere in Vienna and continues to be frequently revived and recorded. Film and other adaptations have also been made. Well-known music from the score includes the " Vilja Song", "" ("You'll Find Me at Maxim's"), and the "Merry Widow Waltz". Background In 1861, Henri Meilhac premiered a comic play in Paris, (''The Embassy Attaché''), in which the Parisian ambassador of a poor German grand duchy, Baron Scharpf, schemes to arrange a marriage between his country's richest widow (a French woman) and a Count to keep her mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Widow (ballet)
''The Merry Widow'' ballet is a 1975 adaptation of Franz Lehár's 1905 romantic operetta ''The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe''). John Lanchbery and Alan Abbott adapted the score of the operetta for ballet and retained the style of Lehár's orchestration. The arrangement includes the well-known tunes of the operetta: Vilja's song ''Ich bin eine anständige Frau'' and the ''Weibermarsch''. This musical arrangement has been used for two ballets: the first was choreographed by Ronald Hynd for The Australian Ballet in 1975, while the second was choreographed by Veronica Paeper for CAPAB (since renamed the Cape Town City Ballet Company) in 1988. Ballet choreographed by Ronald Hynd The ballet was created for The Australian Ballet by Sir Robert Helpmann (a principal dancer and choreographer), who obtained permission from the heirs of the composer and the librettists ( Viktor Léon and Leo Stein), by special arrangement with Glocken Verlag Ltd. of London. The scenario and sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Widow (1918 Film)
''The Merry Widow'' ( hu, A Víg özvegy) is a 1918 Hungarian musical film directed by Michael Curtiz. It is based on the 1905 operetta by Franz Lehár. Cast * Mihály Várkonyi * Berta Valero * Endre Boross * Árpád id. Latabár * Miklós Szomory * József Bánhidy See also * Michael Curtiz filmography Michael Curtiz (1886–1962) was a Hungarian-born American film director whose career spanned from 1912 to 1961. During this period he directed, wholly or in part, 181 films. He began his cinematic career in Hungary, then moved to Austria and f ... External links * Films directed by Michael Curtiz 1918 films Hungarian black-and-white films Hungarian musical films Hungarian silent feature films Films based on operettas {{Hungary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Widow (1925 Film)
''The Merry Widow'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama/black comedy film directed and written by Erich von Stroheim. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film stars Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, and Tully Marshall, with pre-fame uncredited appearances by Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. The film is based on the Franz Lehár's 1905 operetta of the same name, and was its second film adaptation, the first being a 1918 Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz. A print of the film still survives, and the end sequence shot in two-tone Technicolor is available online. Plot As described in a film magazine reviews, Prince Danilo meets Sally the dancer and, when he proposes marriage, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco and Queen Milena object because she is a commoner. Sally marries Baron Sadoja, an old wealthy roue who later dies from a stroke. Prince Danilo’s parents now encourage the marriage. A slurring remark is the cause of a duel between the cousins and Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Widow (1934 Film)
''The Merry Widow'' is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. The film was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald with a supporting cast featuring Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, Sterling Holloway, Donald Meek, Jason Robards Sr. and Akim Tamiroff. A French- language version was produced at the same time and released in France the same year as ''La Veuve joyeuse'' with some but not all of the same cast (Chevalier, MacDonald, and Tamiroff appear in both versions). Lorenz Hart and Gus Kahn wrote new English lyrics for some Lehar songs under the musical direction of Herbert Stothart. Plot Playboy Captain Danilo (Maurice Chevalier) is ordered by King Achmet of Marshovia ( George Barbier) to court and marry Madame Sonia (Jeanette MacDonald), a rich widow who owns a large portion of the kingdom. Cast English * Maurice Chevalier as Captain Danilo * Jeanette MacDonald as Madame Sonia / Fifi * Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Widow (1952 Film)
''The Merry Widow'' is a 1952 American film adaptation of the 1905 The Merry Widow, operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. It starred Lana Turner (whose singing voice was dubbed by Trudy Erwin) and Fernando Lamas. The film received two Academy Awards, Oscar nominations: for Academy Award for Best Production Design, Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Color (Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams) and Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Best Costume Design, Color. Paul Francis Webster provided revised lyrics for a greatly abridged score of the operetta conducted by Jay Blackton. Plot At a New Year's Eve party in 1899, the King of Marshovia, a small European country with financial difficulty, dispatches Marshovia's ambassador to the United States to invite a young, rich widow, Crystal Radek, to Marshovia for the unveiling of a statue in honor of her deceased husband, Charlie, a Marshovian native. The king's underlying reason is to access her wealth for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Widow (1962 Film)
''The Merry Widow'' (German: ''Die lustige Witwe'') is a 1962 Austrian-French musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Karin Hübner and Gunther Philipp. It is based on the 1905 operetta ''The Merry Widow'' by Franz Lehár.Von Dassanowsky p.187 It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski. Cast *Peter Alexander as Danilo * Karin Hübner as Hanna *Gunther Philipp as Hugo *Maurice Teynac as André Napoleon Renard *Geneviève Cluny as Valencienne, Revuestar *Germaine Montero as Anna, Wirtin von "Chez Anna" *Ernst Waldbrunn as Testamentsvollstrecker * Harald Maresch as Baron Zeta * Herbert Kersten as Dr. Martin * Helmut Lex as Jack Bromfield *Darío Moreno David Arugete (3 April 1921 – 1 December 1968), commonly known under his stage name Darío Moreno, was a Turkish-Jewish polyglot singer, an accomplished composer, lyricist, and guitarist. He a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Widow (2007 Film)
''The Merry Widow'' (french: Enfin veuve) is a 2007 French comedy film directed by Isabelle Mergault and starring Michèle Laroque and Jacques Gamblin. Plot Anne-Marie Gratigny is the wife of a famous plastic surgeon, Gilbert. She has a good life, with maids, money, and everything ordinary women would dream of. But her marriage is a total failure. Her husband lives for his job and does not pay proper attention to Anne-Marie. As a result of years of neglect, Mrs. Gratigny has a lover named Leo, who works as a ship builder, and is urging Anne-Marie to leave her husband and this unbearable situation, and go with him to China, where he is seeking a big project for his work. However, after spending an entire day out, planning her departure, when Anne-Marie returns home, she is surprised to find the whole family there, with some very shocking news: Gilbert has died in a car accident. Relieved that her failed marriage is at an end, Anne-Marie now sees the chance to meet her lover more of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Widow (TV Series)
''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play, (''The Embassy Attaché'') by Henri Meilhac. The operetta has enjoyed extraordinary international success since its 1905 premiere in Vienna and continues to be frequently revived and recorded. Film and other adaptations have also been made. Well-known music from the score includes the " Vilja Song", "" ("You'll Find Me at Maxim's"), and the "Merry Widow Waltz". Background In 1861, Henri Meilhac premiered a comic play in Paris, (''The Embassy Attaché''), in which the Parisian ambassador of a poor German grand duchy, Baron Scharpf, schemes to arrange a marriage between his country's richest widow (a French woman) and a Count to keep her money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychobilly
Psychobilly is a rock music fusion genre that fuses elements of rockabilly and punk rock. It's been defined as "loud frantic rockabilly music", it has also been said that it "takes the traditional countrified rock style known as rockabilly, ramp ngup its speed to a sweaty pace, and combin ngit with punk rock and imagery lifted from horror films and late-night sci-fi schlock,... reating agritty honky tonk punk rock." Psychobilly is often characterized by lyrical references to science fiction, horror (leading to lyrical similarities to horror punk) and exploitation films, violence, lurid sexuality, and other topics generally considered taboo, though often presented in a comedic or tongue-in-cheek fashion. Psychobilly bands and lyrics usually take an apolitical stance, a reaction to the right- and left-wing political attitudes which divided other British youth cultures. It is often played with an upright double bass, instead of the electric bass which is more common in modern rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merry Widow Of Windy Nook
Mary Elizabeth Wilson (''née'' Cassidy; 1889–1962), also known as The Merry Widow of Windy Nook, was an English murderer and the last woman to be sentenced to death in Durham, in 1958. However the sentence was commuted to a prison sentence. Life Wilson was born Mary Elizabeth Cassidy on 11 June 1889, in Catchgate, Stanley, County Durham, and christened on 30 June 1889 at Our Blessed Lady and St. Joseph, Brooms, Co. Durham. She married her first husband John Knowles around November 1914. They settled at a house in Windy Nook, Gateshead. Her lover John Russell eventually moved in with them. In 1955, Knowles died. Five months later she married Russell. He died in 1956 (or early in 1957). The attending physician declared that both men had died of natural causes. Wilson inherited their money, £42. In June 1957, Wilson married her third husband, Oliver Leonard, a retired estate agent. He died only 12 days into their marriage, leaving her £50. She soon married a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corselet
In women's clothing, a corselet or corselette is a type of foundation garment, sharing elements of both bras and girdles. It extends from straps over the shoulders down the torso, and stops around the top of the legs. It may incorporate lace in front or in back. As an undergarment, a corselet can be open-style (with suspenders attached) or panty-style. Historically, the term referred to a piece of plate armour covering the torso. History The English word for the piece of armor comes from ''cors'', an Old French word meaning "bodice". The modern term probably originated by the addition of the diminutive suffix "-ette" to the word '' corset'', itself of similar origin to "corselet". The corselet as an item of women's clothing began to gain popularity in 1914, as a substitute for wearing two separate pieces (a bra with either a girdle or a corset). The bust uplift cups were first introduced in 1933, but did not become common until 1943. Merry widow A corselet was released by W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
