Lucita Goyena is Viuda Alegre

MANILA, Philippines - Music. Romance. Laughter.

Words that best describe Viuda Alegre, a 1941 ‘gigantic movie masterpiece’ (as billed in the layout), with Lucita Goyena playing the title role and Fernando Poe and Serafin Garcia her leading men and Monalisa ‘the other woman.’

Lucita is the merry widow who loves the good and the sweet life, dancing to the tune of music by Franz Lehar.

Lehar wrote the operetta The Merry Widow, twice adapted for the big screen by Hollywood.

Highlight of Viuda Alegre is the costume ball led by Lucita and participated in by the rest of the cast.