The Love Parade

The Love Parade (1929)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (335 ratings)

Director Ernst Lubitsch's first talking picture, The Love Parade was a witty souffle about a royal "marriage of state." Jeanette MacDonald, the queen of Sylvania, is required to take a husband. Maurice Chevalier is a highborn Sylvanian diplomat called back to his country due to his amorous… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 47 min.
Directed By
Ernst Lubitsch
Written By
Guy Bolton, Jules Chancel, Ernest Vajda
Genres
Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 19, 1929 Wide
On DVD
Feb 12, 2008

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    It's a fine, near-grand entertainment.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    Made before the production code was inflicted, the film is rife with Lubitschian innuendo.

  • David Cairns, Senses of Cinema

    Combining the Ruritanian settings and aristocratic glamour of operetta with the lightness of revue, the film takes musical cinema out of the Broadway theatres and into a romanticised vision of the world.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Students of film lore will find much to enjoy in The Love Parade.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Lubistch's charming film, boasting a grand performance from Maurice Chevalier, was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stella D


    lubitsch's first sound film and the first hollywood musical with integrated songs, it's delightful to watch and remarkably modern for 1929. the gender swap and 'battle of the sexes' themes would soon become de rigueur and the film's stars, chevalier and… More

  • AJ V


    A nice musical, pretty funny, especially towards the end, but it reminds me of The Taming of the Shrew a bit. Anyway, it's a fun musical.

  • Tom S


    I was impressed by Jacques the Butler's acrobatics. "Let's be common--and do it again."

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