The Love Parade (1929)






Sparkling as Burgundy, and almost as intoxicating, "The Love Parade" is one of the outstanding pictures of the year. It is Lubitsch's most brilliant effort since "The Marriage Circle." The little director here conquers light opera! After the dashing nobleman marries the Queen of Sylvania, he gets durned tired of constantly obeying. So he bludgeons the queen into letting him be head man.

Maurice Chevalier, a great favorite after his first American picture, despite a weak story, is grand as the prince. His songs are triumphs. Jeanette MacDonald is an eye-feast as the queen, and sings well. Lupino Lane amuses. The music is relatively unimportant, although "Dream Lover" and "Nobody's Using It Now" may be popular. Don't miss "The Love Parade."
All Talkie.

Photoplay December 1929



Vintage magazines

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Books with substantial mentioning of The Love Parade

Don Tyler
The Great Movie Musicals
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2010
pp. 189-192 info

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Edwin M. Bradley
The first Hollywood musicals, A critical filmography of 171 features, 1927 through 1932
Jefferson, N.C., 1996
pp. 253-256 info

Stanley Hochman (editor)
From Quasimodo to Scarlett O'Hara, A National Board of Review Anthology 1920 - 1940
New York, 1982

Gene Ringgold and DeWitt Bodeen
Chevalier, The Films and Career of Maurice Chevalier
Secaucus, New Jersey, 1973