What a Widow!

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What a Widow!
Directed by	Allan Dwan
Produced by	Gloria Swanson Joseph P. Kennedy Allan Dwan
Written by	James Gleason (adaptation) James Seymour (adaptation)
Screenplay by	James Gleason James Seymour
Story by	Josephine Lovett
Starring	Gloria Swanson Owen Moore Lew Cody
Music by	Hugo Felix Josiah Zuro
Cinematography	George Barnes
Editing by	Viola Lawrence
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	August 13, 1930 (1930-08-13)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

What a Widow! is a 1930 American romantic comedy film produced by and starring Gloria Swanson, and distributed through United Artists. The film was directed by Allan Dwan.^[1]

What a Widow! was Swanson's second talkie and was executive produced by her then lover Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. The film received generally positive reviews and was noted for its animated title sequence created by William Dietz but was met with lukewarm box office returns.^[2] What a Widow! is now considered lost. The soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive while the trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress.^[3]

Cast

Gloria Swanson - Tamarind Brook
Owen Moore - Gerry Morgan
Lew Cody - Victor
Margaret Livingston - Valli
William Holden - Mr. Lodge
Herbert Braggiotti - Jose Alvarado
Gregory Gaye - Baslikoff
Adrienne D'Ambricourt - Paulette
Nella Walker - Marquise
Daphne Pollard - Masseuse

References

↑ Shearer, Stephen Michael; Basinger, Jeanine (2013). Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star. Macmillan. p. 445. ISBN 1-250-01366-6. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
↑ (Shearer 2013, pp. 1673-1674)
↑ Lombardi, Frederic (2013). Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios. McFarland. p. 180. ISBN 0-786-43485-6.

External links

What a Widow! at the Internet Movie Database
What a Widow! at allmovie

Films directed by Allan Dwan

The Restless Spirit (1913)
Back to Life (1913)
Red Margaret, Moonshiner (1913)
Bloodhounds of the North (1913)
The Lie (1914)
The Honor of the Mounted (1914)
Remember Mary Magdalen (1914)
Discord and Harmony (1914)
The Menace to Carlotta (1914)
The Embezzler (1914)
The End of the Feud (1914)
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914)
The Hopes of Blind Alley (1914)
Richelieu (1914)
Wildflower (1914)
The County Chairman (1914)
The Dancing Girl (1915)
A Small Town Girl (1915)
David Harum (1915)
The Pretty Sister of Jose (1915)
A Girl of Yesterday (1915)
The Good Bad Man (1916)
An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
Fifty-Fifty (1916)
Accusing Evidence (1916)
Headin' South (1918)
Mr. Fix-It (1918)
Bound in Morocco (1918)
Robin Hood (1922)
Zaza (1923)
A Society Scandal (1924)
Manhandled (1924)
The Coast of Folly (1925)
Stage Struck (1925)
Tin Gods (1926)
Summer Bachelors (1926)
The Joy Girl (1927)
The Iron Mask (1929)
Tide of Empire (1929)
The Far Call (1929)
Frozen Justice (1929)
South Sea Rose (1929)
What a Widow! (1930)
Wicked (1931)
Her First Affaire (1932)
Counsel's Opinion (1933)
15 Maiden Lane (1936)
Heidi (1937)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Suez (1938)
The Three Musketeers (1939)
The Gorilla (1939)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
Sailor's Lady (1940)
Young People (1940)
Look Who's Laughing (1941)
Friendly Enemies (1942)
Here We Go Again (1942)
Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)
Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
Brewster's Millions (1945)
Calendar Girl (1947)
Northwest Outpost (1947)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
I Dream of Jeanie (1952)
Montana Belle (1952)
Silver Lode (1954)
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
Tennessee's Partner (1955)
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Hold Back the Night (1956)
The River's Edge (1957)
The Restless Breed (1957)
Enchanted Island (1958)

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