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Merry-Go-Round

  • 19231923
  • 1h 50m
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6.5/10
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Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin in Merry-Go-Round (1923)
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A nobleman posing as a necktie salesman falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer although he is already married to the daughter of his country's war minister.A nobleman posing as a necktie salesman falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer although he is already married to the daughter of his country's war minister.A nobleman posing as a necktie salesman falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer although he is already married to the daughter of his country's war minister.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
404
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    • Rupert Julian
    • Erich von Stroheim(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Finis Fox
    • Harvey Gates(story)
    • Mary O'Hara(titles)
  • Stars
    • Norman Kerry
    • Mary Philbin
    • Cesare Gravina
    • Rupert Julian
    • Erich von Stroheim(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Finis Fox
    • Harvey Gates(story)
    • Mary O'Hara(titles)
  • Stars
    • Norman Kerry
    • Mary Philbin
    • Cesare Gravina
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 7User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Dale Fuller, Cesare Gravina, Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, and Edith Yorke in Merry-Go-Round (1923)
    Ella McKenzie, Ida Mae McKenzie, Jack Murphy, and Donald Hughes in Merry-Go-Round (1923)
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    Donald Hughes in Merry-Go-Round (1923)
    Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin in Merry-Go-Round (1923)
    Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin in Merry-Go-Round (1923)
    Mary Philbin in Merry-Go-Round (1923)
    Merry-Go-Round (1923)
    Mary Philbin in Merry-Go-Round (1923)
    Cesare Gravina, Norman Kerry, and Mary Philbin in Merry-Go-Round (1923)
    Merry-Go-Round (1923)
    Spottiswoode Aitken, Dale Fuller, Cesare Gravina, George Hackathorne, Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, George Siegmann, Dorothy Wallace, and Edith Yorke in Merry-Go-Round (1923)

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    Norman Kerry
    Norman Kerry
    • Count Franz Maximilian Von Hohenegg
    Mary Philbin
    Mary Philbin
    • Agnes Urban
    Cesare Gravina
    • Sylvester Urban
    Edith Yorke
    Edith Yorke
    • Ursula Urban
    George Hackathorne
    George Hackathorne
    • Bartholomew Gruber
    George Siegmann
    George Siegmann
    • Schani Huber
    Dale Fuller
    Dale Fuller
    • Marianka Huber
    Lillian Sylvester
    • Mrs. Aurora Rossreiter
    Spottiswoode Aitken
    Spottiswoode Aitken
    • Minister of War…
    Dorothy Wallace
    • Comtasse Gisella Von Steinbruck
    Albert Edmondson
    • Nepomuck Navrital
    • (as Al Edmondson)
    Albert Conti
    Albert Conti
    • Rudi…
    Charles King
    Charles King
    • Nicki
    • (as Charles L. King)
    • …
    Fenwick Oliver
    • Eitel…
    Sidney Bracey
    Sidney Bracey
    • Gisella's Groom
    Anton Vaverka
    • Emperor Franz Josef
    Maude George
    Maude George
    • Madame Elvira
    Helen Broneau
    • Jane
      • Rupert Julian
      • Erich von Stroheim(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Finis Fox
      • Harvey Gates(story)
      • Mary O'Hara(titles)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Erich von Stroheim's excesses on the film included bringing in a real Viennese streetcar to be used in street scenes (a Los Angeles streetcar simply wouldn't do, said the director). Also, for the brief scene where an actor playing the Austrian Emperor steps out of a hotel and climbs into his horse-drawn carriage, von Stroheim had Universal Studios buy an actual carriage used by Austrian Emperor Franz Josef and ship it to Hollywood.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      THE MERRY GO ROUND WALTZ
      (The Merry Go Round Theme)
      Written by Paul Van Dyke (orchestrated by Maurice Baron)

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    A Stroheim project that was taken from him due to the usual excessive spending, and it suffers under the hand of the less flamboyant Rupert Julian. Von Stroheim would have had the marriage between Count von Hohenegg take place in a cathedral, witnessed by thousands of extras dressed in authentic garb right down to their monogrammed skivvies, but Julian makes it look as if it's taking place in a registry office in front of a dozen witnesses. Alternates between conventional romance and bizarre incidentals like a revenge-killer orang-utang.
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    • May 7, 2020

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    • Release date
      • September 3, 1923 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
      • Silent

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