The Love Parade (1929)
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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… More 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 escapades. It is arranged for Chevalier to marry MacDonald, but though he is ostensibly the "king" of the boudoir, he is not allowed to participate in any affairs of state. Gradually the royal protocol erodes the marriage, as the formerly footloose Chevalier bristles at being a mere consort. After numerous complications and misunderstandings, Chevalier asserts his authority over the secretly willing MacDonald. Counterpointing the main plot is the backstairs romance of servants Lupino Lane and Lillian Roth, who, like the stars, get to cut loose in the occasional musical number. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Written By
- Guy Bolton, Jules Chancel, Ernest Vajda
- Genres
- Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 19, 1929 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
It's a fine, near-grand entertainment.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Made before the production code was inflicted, the film is rife with Lubitschian innuendo.
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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.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Students of film lore will find much to enjoy in The Love Parade.
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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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Cast
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Maurice Chevalier
as Count Alfred Renard
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Jeanette MacDonald
as Queen Louise
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Lupino Lane
as Jacques
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Lillian Roth
as Lulu
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Eugene Pallette
as Minister of War
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Edgar Norton
as Master of Ceremonies
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Yola d'Avril
as Paulette
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Lionel Belmore
as Prime Minister
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Albert Roccardi
as Foreign Minister
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Carl Stockdale
as Admiral
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Russell Powell
as Afghan Ambassador
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Ben Turpin
as Cross-eyed Lackey
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Winter Hall
as Priest
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Virginia Bruce
as Second Lady-in-Waiting
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E.H. Calvert
as Sylvanian Ambassador
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Andre Cheron
as Paulette's Husband
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Margaret Fealy
as First Lady-in-Waiting
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Jean Harlow
as Audience Member
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Jiggs the Dog
as Himself
- Anton Vaverka
- Lional Belmore
