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Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald in La veuve joyeuse (1934)

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La veuve joyeuse

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Director

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  • Ernst Lubitsch
    Ernst Lubitsch

Writers

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  • Ernest Vajda
    Ernest Vajda
    screen play and
  • Samson Raphaelson
    Samson Raphaelson
    screen play
  • Viktor Léon
    Viktor Léon
    based on book and lyrics by (as Victor Leon) and
  • Leo Stein
    Leo Stein
    based on book and lyrics by
  • Marcel Achard
    Marcel Achard
    writer
  • Viktor Léon
    Viktor Léon
    libretto Die lustige Witwe
  • Samson Raphaelson
    Samson Raphaelson
    writer
  • Leo Stein
    Leo Stein
    libretto Die lustige Witwe
  • Ernest Vajda
    Ernest Vajda
    writer
  • Lorenz Hart
    Lorenz Hart
    contributing writer (uncredited)
  • Ernst Lubitsch
    Ernst Lubitsch
    contributing writer (uncredited)
  • Henri Meilhac
    Henri Meilhac
    based on play "L'attaché d'Ambassade" (uncredited)

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Maurice Chevalier
    Maurice Chevalier
    Maurice Chevalier
    Prince Danilo
  • Jeanette MacDonald
    Jeanette MacDonald
    Jeanette MacDonald
    Sonia
  • Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    Ambassador Popoff
  • Marcel Vallée
    Marcel Vallée
    Marcel Vallée
    L'ambassadeur (French Version)
  • Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    Queen Dolores
  • Danièle Parola
    Danièle Parola
    Danièle Parola
    La reine (French Version)
  • George Barbier
    George Barbier
    George Barbier
    King Achmed II
  • André Berley
    André Berley
    André Berley
    Le roi (French Version)
  • Fifi D'Orsay
    Fifi D'Orsay
    Fifi D'Orsay
    Marcelle (French Version)
  • Minna Gombell
    Minna Gombell
    Minna Gombell
    Marcelle
  • Ruth Channing
    Ruth Channing
    Ruth Channing
    Lulu
  • Pauline Garon
    Pauline Garon
    Pauline Garon
    Lola (French Version)
  • George Davis
    George Davis
    George Davis
    L'ordonnance (French Version)
  • Sterling Holloway in That Girl (1966)
    Sterling Holloway
    Sterling Holloway
    Orderly Mishka
  • Donald Meek
    Donald Meek
    Donald Meek
    Valet
  • Jean Perry
    Jean Perry
    Le valet (French Version)
  • Herman Bing in Le chant du printemps (1937)
    Herman Bing
    Herman Bing
    Zizipoff
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Louis Adlon
    Louis Adlon
    Louis Adlon
    Wide Eyed Admirer
    (uncredited)
  • Jacklyn Alexander
    Jacklyn Alexander
    Undetermined Secondary Role
    (uncredited)
  • Lona Andre
    Lona Andre
    Lona Andre
    Maid to Sonia
    (uncredited)
  • Alyce Ardell
    Alyce Ardell
    Alyce Ardell
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Henry Armetta in On recherche un enfant (1936)
    Henry Armetta
    Henry Armetta
    Turk
    (uncredited)
  • Sam Ash
    Sam Ash
    Sam Ash
    Gendarme
    (uncredited)
  • Zita Baca
    Zita Baca
    Zita Baca
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Florine Baile
    Florine Baile
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Barbara Barondess
    Barbara Barondess
    Barbara Barondess
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • George Baxter
    George Baxter
    George Baxter
    Ambassador
    (uncredited)
  • Eugene Beday
    Eugene Beday
    Doorman
    (uncredited)
  • William Begg
    William Begg
    William Begg
    Nightclub Patron
    (uncredited)
  • Cosmo Kyrle Bellew
    Cosmo Kyrle Bellew
    Cosmo Kyrle Bellew
    Escort
    (uncredited)
  • Eugene Borden
    Eugene Borden
    Defense Attorney
    (uncredited)
  • Sheila Bromley
    Sheila Bromley
    Sheila Bromley
    Sonia's Maid
    (uncredited)
  • Tyler Brooke
    Tyler Brooke
    Tyler Brooke
    Escort
    (uncredited)
  • Kathleen Burke
    Kathleen Burke
    Kathleen Burke
    Prisoner
    (uncredited)
  • A.S. 'Pop' Byron
    A.S. 'Pop' Byron
    A.S. 'Pop' Byron
    Doorman
    (uncredited)
  • George Calliga
    George Calliga
    George Calliga
    Ambassador
    (uncredited)
  • Richard Carle
    Richard Carle
    Richard Carle
    Defense Attorney
    (uncredited)
  • Fred Cavens
    Fred Cavens
    Gendarme
    (uncredited)
  • Nora Cecil
    Nora Cecil
    Nora Cecil
    Animal Woman
    (uncredited)
  • Shirley Chambers
    Shirley Chambers
    Shirley Chambers
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Lane Chandler in The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932)
    Lane Chandler
    Lane Chandler
    Soldier Reporting to Popoff
    (uncredited)
  • André Cheron
    André Cheron
    Presiding Judge
    (uncredited)
  • Claudia Coleman
    Claudia Coleman
    Claudia Coleman
    Wardrobe Mistress
    (uncredited)
  • Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    Waiter
    (uncredited)
  • Oliver Cross
    Oliver Cross
    Ball Guest
    (uncredited)
  • Adrienne D'Ambricourt
    Adrienne D'Ambricourt
    Adrienne D'Ambricourt
    Newspaper Woman
    (uncredited)
  • Carrie Daumery in Larmes de clown (1924)
    Carrie Daumery
    Carrie Daumery
    Animal Woman
    (uncredited)
  • Georges De Gombert
    Georges De Gombert
    Waiter
    (uncredited)
  • Arthur De Ravenne
    Arthur De Ravenne
    Waiter
    (uncredited)
  • Dorothy Dehn
    Dorothy Dehn
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Emile Dellys
    Emile Dellys
    Zizipoff
    (uncredited)
  • Jill Dennett
    Jill Dennett
    Jill Dennett
    Duchess - a Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Juliet Dika
    Juliet Dika
    Wardrobe Mistress
    (uncredited)
  • Odette Duval
    Odette Duval
    Odette Duval
    Maid
    (uncredited)
  • Paul Ellis in Di que me quieres (1939)
    Paul Ellis
    Paul Ellis
    Dancer
    (uncredited)
  • Patricia Farley
    Patricia Farley
    Patricia Farley
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Tom Ferrandini
    Tom Ferrandini
    Ball Guest
    (uncredited)
  • André Ferrier
    André Ferrier
    Undetermined Secondary Role
    (uncredited)
  • Bess Flowers
    Bess Flowers
    Bess Flowers
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Christian J. Frank in Ton cor est à toi (1928)
    Christian J. Frank
    Christian J. Frank
    Policeman
    (uncredited)
  • Constant Franke
    Constant Franke
    Escort
    (uncredited)
  • Otto Fries
    Otto Fries
    Policeman
    (uncredited)
  • Joan Gale
    Joan Gale
    Undetermined Secondary Role
    (uncredited)
  • Billy Gilbert
    Billy Gilbert
    Billy Gilbert
    Fat Lackey
    (uncredited)
  • Gene Gouldeni
    Gene Gouldeni
    Nondescript Priest
    (uncredited)
  • Dorothy Granger
    Dorothy Granger
    Dorothy Granger
    Maxim's Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Roger Gray
    Roger Gray
    Roger Gray
    Policeman
    (uncredited)
  • Margaret Carthew, Suzanne Wunderlich, Lulu Yoo, Juanita Hagen, Gwen Zetter, and Beatrice Hagen in The Cheat (1931)
    Beatrice Hagen
    Beatrice Hagen
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Winter Hall
    Winter Hall
    Winter Hall
    Priest
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Halsey
    Mary Halsey
    Mary Halsey
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Jeanne Hart
    Jeanne Hart
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Tom Herbert
    Tom Herbert
    Orthodox Priest
    (uncredited)
  • Arthur Housman
    Arthur Housman
    Arthur Housman
    Drunken Man
    (uncredited)
  • Eleanor Hunt
    Eleanor Hunt
    Eleanor Hunt
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Perry Ivins
    Perry Ivins
    Waiter
    (uncredited)
  • George Jackson
    George Jackson
    Escort
    (uncredited)
  • Anthony Jowitt
    Anthony Jowitt
    Anthony Jowitt
    Undetermined Secondary Role
    (uncredited)
  • Leonid Kinskey in Week-end à La Havane (1941)
    Leonid Kinskey
    Leonid Kinskey
    Shepherd
    (uncredited)
  • Connie Lamont
    Connie Lamont
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Harry Lamont
    Harry Lamont
    Harry Lamont
    Gendarme
    (uncredited)
  • Barbara Leonard
    Barbara Leonard
    Barbara Leonard
    Melissa
    (uncredited)
  • George J. Lewis in Sliding Home (1928)
    George J. Lewis
    George J. Lewis
    Escort
    (uncredited)
  • Caryl Lincoln
    Caryl Lincoln
    Caryl Lincoln
    Maid to Sonia
    (uncredited)
  • Bella Loblov
    Bella Loblov
    Gypsy Violinist
    (uncredited)
  • Jacques Lory
    Jacques Lory
    Goatman
    (uncredited)
  • Ula Love
    Ula Love
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Ernst Lubitsch
    Ernst Lubitsch
    Ernst Lubitsch
    Self - Director in Trailer
    (uncredited)
  • Lya Lys
    Lya Lys
    Lya Lys
    Newswoman
    (uncredited)
  • George Magrill
    George Magrill
    George Magrill
    Policeman
    (uncredited)
  • Fred Malatesta
    Fred Malatesta
    Fred Malatesta
    Ambassador
    (uncredited)
  • Eric Mayne
    Eric Mayne
    Eric Mayne
    Nightclub Patron
    (uncredited)
  • Florine McKinney
    Florine McKinney
    Florine McKinney
    Undetermined Secondary Role
    (uncredited)
  • John Merkyl
    John Merkyl
    John Merkyl
    Escort
    (uncredited)
  • John 'Skins' Miller
    John 'Skins' Miller
    Drunken Man
    (uncredited)
  • Ferdinand Munier
    Ferdinand Munier
    Ferdinand Munier
    Jailer
    (uncredited)
  • George Nardelli
    George Nardelli
    George Nardelli
    Escort
    (uncredited)
  • Wedgwood Nowell
    Wedgwood Nowell
    Wedgwood Nowell
    Lackey
    (uncredited)
  • Frank O'Connor in Against the Law (1934)
    Frank O'Connor
    Frank O'Connor
    Soldier with Exhibit 2
    (uncredited)
  • Earl Oxford
    Earl Oxford
    Earl Oxford
    Undetermined Secondary Role
    (uncredited)
  • Albert Petit
    Albert Petit
    Manager of Maxim's
    (uncredited)
  • Nita Pike
    Nita Pike
    Nita Pike
    Maid
    (uncredited)
  • Albert Pollet
    Albert Pollet
    Headwaiter
    (uncredited)
  • Russ Powell in Si j'avais un million (1932)
    Russ Powell
    Russ Powell
    Fat Lackey
    (uncredited)
  • Lucien Prival
    Lucien Prival
    Lucien Prival
    Adamovitch
    (uncredited)
  • Jules Raucourt in The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928)
    Jules Raucourt
    Jules Raucourt
    Prosecuting Attorney
    (uncredited)
  • George Renault
    George Renault
    Escort
    (uncredited)
  • Georges Renavent in Une femme cherche son destin (1942)
    Georges Renavent
    Georges Renavent
    Adamovitch
    (uncredited)
  • Charles Requa
    Charles Requa
    Charles Requa
    Escort
    (uncredited)
  • Georgette Rhodes
    Georgette Rhodes
    Maid
    (uncredited)
  • John Roach
    John Roach
    Policeman
    (uncredited)
  • Jason Robards Sr.
    Jason Robards Sr.
    Jason Robards Sr.
    Arresting Officer
    (uncredited)
  • Dewey Robinson
    Dewey Robinson
    Dewey Robinson
    Fat Lackey
    (uncredited)
  • Shirley Ross
    Shirley Ross
    Shirley Ross
    Minor Role
    (uncredited)
  • Matty Roubert
    Matty Roubert
    Matty Roubert
    Newsboy
    (uncredited)
  • Jan Rubini
    Jan Rubini
    Violinist
    (uncredited)
  • Hector V. Sarno in L'isolé (1929)
    Hector V. Sarno
    Hector V. Sarno
    Gypsy Leader
    (uncredited)
  • Rolfe Sedan
    Rolfe Sedan
    Rolfe Sedan
    Gabrielovitsch
    (uncredited)
  • Evelyn Selbie
    Evelyn Selbie
    Evelyn Selbie
    Newspaper Woman
    (uncredited)
  • Frank Sheridan
    Frank Sheridan
    Frank Sheridan
    Judge
    (uncredited)
  • Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    Manager of Maxim's
    (uncredited)
  • Lee Tinn
    Lee Tinn
    Excited Chinese Man
    (uncredited)
  • August Tollaire
    August Tollaire
    August Tollaire
    Orthodox Priest
    (uncredited)
  • Maria Troubetskoy
    Maria Troubetskoy
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Jacques Vanaire
    Jacques Vanaire
    Escort
    (uncredited)
  • Marcel Ventura
    Marcel Ventura
    Escort
    (uncredited)
  • André Verrier
    André Verrier
    Gaoler
    (uncredited)
  • Edna Waldron
    Edna Waldron
    Maid to Sonia
    (uncredited)
  • Morgan Wallace
    Morgan Wallace
    Morgan Wallace
    Prosecuting Attorney
    (uncredited)
  • Luana Walters in Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
    Luana Walters
    Luana Walters
    Maid to Sonia
    (uncredited)
  • Peggy Watts
    Peggy Watts
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Dorothy Wilson
    Dorothy Wilson
    Dorothy Wilson
    Maxim Girl
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Ernst Lubitsch
    Ernst Lubitsch
    producer (uncredited)
  • Irving Thalberg
    Irving Thalberg
    producer (uncredited) / producer

Composer

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  • Franz Lehár
    Franz Lehár

Cinematographer

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  • Oliver T. Marsh
    Oliver T. Marsh
    cinematographer (photographed by)

Editors

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  • Adrienne Fazan
    Adrienne Fazan
  • Frances Marsh
    Frances Marsh
    film editor

Production Designer

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  • Cedric Gibbons
    Cedric Gibbons

Art Directors

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  • Cedric Gibbons
    Cedric Gibbons
  • Gabriel Scognamillo
    Gabriel Scognamillo

Costume Design

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  • Adrian
    Adrian
  • Ali Hubert
    Ali Hubert

Makeup Department

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  • Robert J. Schiffer
    Robert J. Schiffer
    makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • Joe Lefert
    Joe Lefert
    co-assistant director (uncredited)
  • Joseph M. Newman
    Joseph M. Newman
    assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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  • Fredric Hope
    Fredric Hope
    associate art director
  • Edwin B. Willis
    Edwin B. Willis
    associate art director
  • Fred Gabourie
    Fred Gabourie
    set designer (uncredited)
  • Henry Grace
    Henry Grace
    set dresser (uncredited)
  • Eric Rohman
    Eric Rohman
    poster artist: Sweden (uncredited)
  • Bert Sperling
    Bert Sperling
    props (uncredited)
  • Moje Åslund
    Moje Åslund
    poster artist: Sweden (uncredited)

Sound Department

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  • Douglas Shearer
    Douglas Shearer
    recording director / sound
  • James Brock
    James Brock
    sound mixer (uncredited)
  • M.J. McLaughlin
    M.J. McLaughlin
    sound mixer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Elmer Russell Ball
    Elmer Russell Ball
    still photographer
  • Ted Allan
    Ted Allan
    still photographer (uncredited)
  • Johnny Greer
    Johnny Greer
    assistant camera (uncredited)
  • Harry Reid
    Harry Reid
    grip (uncredited)
  • Art Spang
    Art Spang
    grip (uncredited)
  • Lester White
    Lester White
    second camera operator (uncredited)
  • Ted Wurtenberg
    Ted Wurtenberg
    gaffer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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  • Adrian
    Adrian
    gowns: Miss MacDonald
  • Ali Hubert
    Ali Hubert
    wardrobe
  • Eugene Joseff
    Eugene Joseff
    costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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  • Lorenz Hart
    Lorenz Hart
    lyrics by
  • Gus Kahn
    Gus Kahn
    additional lyrics
  • Richard Rodgers
    Richard Rodgers
    lyrics by
  • Herbert Stothart
    Herbert Stothart
    musical adaptation
  • Louis Kaufman
    Louis Kaufman
    musician: violin (uncredited)
  • Paul Marquardt
    Paul Marquardt
    orchestrator (uncredited)
  • Charles Maxwell
    Charles Maxwell
    orchestrator (uncredited)
  • Leonid Raab
    Leonid Raab
    orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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  • Albertina Rasch
    Albertina Rasch
    choreographer / dances directed by
  • Eric Locke
    Eric Locke
    business manager (uncredited)
  • F.D. Raymond
    F.D. Raymond
    stageman (uncredited)
  • Robert Spencer
    Robert Spencer
    waltz instructor: Jeanette MacDonald (uncredited)
  • Carl West
    Carl West
    stageman (uncredited)

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