Cast & Crew

Directed by

Ernst Lubitsch

Writing Credits

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

Cast

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

Produced by

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

Music by

Franz Lehár

Cinematography by

Oliver T. Marsh
(photographed by)

Editing by

Adrienne Fazan
Frances Marsh
film editor

Production Design by

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction by

Cedric Gibbons
Gabriel Scognamillo

Costume Design by

Adrian
Ali Hubert

Makeup Department

Robert J. Schiffer
makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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

Art Department

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

Sound Department

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

Camera and Electrical Department

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

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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

Music Department

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

Additional Crew

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