The Merry Widow (MOD) "Stationery" Sent into town to retrieve

Sent into town to retrieve an errant sib (James Ellison)

writes The New York Times's Vincent Canby

he invites her to dine at a rowdy nightclub

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he abandons his wife and family

The Merry Widow (MOD) "Stationery" Sent into town to retrieveMaurice Chevalier and Jeannette MacDonald (in her career defining role) star in this song and dance filled romp directed by Ernst Lubitsch, perhaps the most memorable of several film adaptations of Franz Lehar's operetta. In 1885, King Achmed (George Barbier) strives to protect the financial interests of his small, poor kingdom of Marshovia in Central Europe. When the kingdom's wealthiest widow, Sonia (MacDonald), goes off to Paris, the king sends the