Erich von Stroheim (director) THE MERRY WIDOW [1925] Photo

The Merry Widow. [Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1925]. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white photo. Small marginal tear on left mended with archival paper. Mimeographed text on verso, partly covered by old photo agency sticker. Overall near fine.

Featured is Mae Murray as Sally O’Hara in an early scene from Erich von Stroheim’s silent adaptation of Franz Lehar’s 1905 operetta, as she and various members of the Manhattan Follies company arrive in the fictional country of Monteblanco.