The Love Parade
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| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Produced by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Written by | Play: Jules Chancel Leon Xanrof Screenplay: Guy Bolton Ernest Vajda |
| Starring | Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Lillian Roth |
| Music by | Victor Schertzinger |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
| Editing by | Merrill G. White |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 19, 1929 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Love Parade is a 1929 musical comedy film about the marital difficulties of Queen Louise of Sylvania (Jeanette MacDonald) and her consort, Count Alfred Renard (Maurice Chevalier). Despite his love for Louise and his promise to be an obedient husband, Count Alfred finds his role as a figurehead unbearable.
The film was written by Guy Bolton and Ernest Vajda, from the play The Prince Consort, written by Jules Chancel and Leon Xanrof. The film was directed by Ernst Lubitsch. This film is notable for being both the film debut of Jeanette MacDonald and the first "talkie" film by Ernst Lubitsch.
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[edit] Plot
Count Alfred, military attaché to the Sylvanian Embassy in Paris, is ordered back to Sylvania to report to Queen Louise for a reprimand following a string of scandals, including an affair with the ambassador's wife. In the meantime Queen Louise, ruler of Sylvania in her own right, is royally fed-up with her subjects' preoccupation with whom she will marry.
Intrigued rather than offended by Count Alfred's dossier, Queen Louise invites him to dinner. Their romance progresses to the point of marriage when, despite his qualms, for love of Louise Alfred agrees to obey the Queen.
[edit] Cast
- Maurice Chevalier as Count Alfred Renard
- Jeanette MacDonald as Queen Louise
- Lupino Lane as Jacques
- Lillian Roth as Lulu
- Eugene Pallette as Minister of War
- E. H. Calvert as Sylvanian ambassador
- Edgar Norton as Master of Ceremonies
- Lionel Belmore as Prime Minister
[edit] Music
- Dream Lover
- March Of The Grenadiers
[edit] Awards and honors
The Love Parade was nominated for six Academy Awards:[1][2][3]
- Best Picture
- Best Actor - Maurice Chevalier[4]
- Best Director - Ernst Lubitsch
- Best Cinematography - Victor Milner
- Art Direction - Hans Dreier
- Sound Recording - Franklin Hansen
[edit] References
- ^ "NY Times: The Love Parade". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/100446/The-Love-Parade/awards. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ^ Osborne, Robert (1994). 65 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards. London: Abbeville Press. p. 25. ISBN 1-55859-715-8.
- ^ "The 3rd Academy Awards (1929/30) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/3rd-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
- ^ Maurice Chevalier was also nominated for The Big Pond (1930). Multiple performance consideration was customary at the time.
[edit] External links
- The Love Parade at the Internet Movie Database
- Criterion Collection essay by Michael Koresky
- The Love Parade at Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy: A Tribute
