What a Widow!
Film poster
Directed byAllan Dwan
Dudley Murphy (uncredited)
James Seymour (uncredited)
Screenplay byJames Gleason
James Seymour
Story byJosephine Lovett
Produced byGloria Swanson
Joseph P. Kennedy
Allan Dwan
StarringGloria Swanson
Owen Moore
Lew Cody
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Edited byViola Lawrence
Music byHugo Felix
Josiah Zuro
Production
company
Gloria Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • August 13, 1930 (1930-08-13)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

What a Widow! was a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and produced by and starring Gloria Swanson. It was distributed through United Artists.[1]

The film was produced by Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. It received generally positive reviews and was noted for its animated title sequence created by William Dietz, but was met with lukewarm returns at the box office.[2]

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Cast

Preservation status

This film is now considered a lost film. The soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and the trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Shearer, Stephen Michael; Basinger, Jeanine (2013). Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star. Macmillan. p. 445. ISBN 978-1-250-01366-8.
  2. ^ (Shearer & Basinger 2013, pp. 1673–1674)
  3. ^ Lombardi, Frederic (2013). Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios. McFarland. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-786-43485-5.
  4. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collections and The United Artist Collections at The Library of Congress [trailer only]. p. 206. c.1978 by the American Film Institute

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