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The Love Parade
(1929) United States of America
B&W : 12 reels / 10,022 feet
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Maurice Chevalier [Count Alfred Renard], Jeanette MacDonald [Queen Louise], Lupino Lane [Jacques], Lillian Roth [Lulu], Edgar Norton [the master of ceremonies], Lionel Belmore [the prime minister], Albert Roccardi [the foreign minister], Carlton Stockdale (Carl Stockdale) [the admiral], Eugene Pallette [the minister of war], Russell Powell [the Afghan ambassador], E.H. Calvert [the Sylvanian ambassador], André Sheron [Le Marl], Yola d’Avril [Paulette], André Cheron [Paulette’s husband], Winter Hall [the priest], Ben Turpin [the lackey], Murdock MacQuarrie [the first radio announcer], Perry Ivins [a radio announcer], Albert de Winton [a cabinet minster], Adolph Faylauer [a cabinet minister], Manuel París [a cabinet minister], Anton Vaverka [a cabinet minister], William von Hardenburg [a cabinet minister], Virginia Bruce [a lady-in-waiting], June Bupp [a lady-in-waiting], Rosalind Charles [a lady-in-waiting], Margaret Fealy [a lady-in-waiting], Helene Friend [a lady-in-waiting], Josephine Hall [a lady-in-waiting], Bee Stephens [a chorus girl], Jean Harlow [a woman in an opera box], Edward Gazelle [a boy], Count Cutelli [vocal effects]
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [An Ernst Lubitsch Production; A Paramount Ernst Lubitsch Production; A Paramount New Show World Picture]. / Screenplay by Guy Bolton, from a screen story by Ernest Vajda from the novel Le Prince Consort by Leon Xanrof and Jules Chancel. Art direction by Hans Dreier. Costume design by Travis Banton. Costume jeweller, Eugene Joseff. Songs “Dream Lover,” “Love Parade,” “Nobody’s Using It Now” and “Let’s Be Common” by Victor Schertzinger (music) and Clifford Grey (lyrics). Dialogue direction by Perry Ivins. Assistant director, George Hippard. Cinematography by Victor Milner. Camera operators, Lucien Ballard, Osmond Borradaile, Loyal Griggs and William C. Mellor. Chief recording engineer, Franklin Hansen. Film editor, Merrill G. White. / © 16 January 1930 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP1014]. Premiered 19 November 1929 in New York, New York. Released 18 January 1930. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Lubitsch’s first sound picture. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version at 7094 feet. The film was also produced in a French language version entitled Parade d’amour. / Full-sound film.
Drama: Romance: Musical.
Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 14 December 2024.
References: Bardèche-History p. 189; Bohn-Light pp. xxv, 89, 192, 205; Everson-American p. 344; Fell-History p. 119; Leish-Cinema p. 70; Limbacher-Feature p. 146; Sarris-Sternberg p. 23; Shipman-Cinema p. 104; Vermilye-Twenties p. 104; Walker-Garbo p. 101 : ClasIm-257 p. C8; Variety-19291030 p. 50 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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