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The Love Parade is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, involving the marital difficulties of Queen Louise of Sylvania (MacDonald) and her consort, Count Alfred Renard (Chevalier).
Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald star as a playboy and a queen who marry for political reasons in this Ernst Lubitsch classic. The film features songs by Victor Schertzinger and Clifford Grey, and was nominated for six Oscars.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Ernst Lubitsch
- 1930-01-18
1929's The Love Parade establishes the Lubitsch musical comedy format; the only thing slowing it down are a few too many unmemorable songs. Lubitsch paired Maurice Chevalier (in his second talkie) with Jeanette MacDonald, a fresh face and voice from Philadelphia.
- Ernst Lubitsch, Perry Ivins
- Maurice Chevalier
A classic Hollywood film from 1929, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald as a military attaché and a queen who fall in love. The Love Parade features songs, humor, and innuendo, and is considered a landmark of the genre.
- Count Alfred Renard
Count Renard, singing diplomat from mythical country Sylvania, is recalled from Paris because of his philandering. Meanwhile, singing Queen Louise of Sylvania is being badgered by her cabinet to marry. Expecting disgrace, Renard finds instead that he's just what the Queen had in mind for a consort.
The Love Parade. by. Ernst Lubitsch. Publication date. 1929-11-19. Topics. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane, Lillian Roth, Eugene Pallette, E.H. Calvert, Edgar Norton, Lionel Belmore, Russ Powell, Carl Stockdale, Albert Roccardi, Anton Vaverka, Albert De Winton, William von Hardenburg, Margaret Fealy, Virginia Bruce, Josephine ...
A whimsical love story between a queen and an amorous diplomat, The Love Parade was not merely a commercial hit but a sound film milestone for the pioneering way Lubitsch incorporated songs naturally within scenes. The result is a brilliantly flowing, musical satire.
