The Love Parade

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The Love Parade is a 1929 pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its sophisticated humor, early use of sound, and influential “Lubitsch Touch” in Hollywood cinema.

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The Love Parade (screenplay) 1

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instanceOf film
artDirectorNominee Hans Dreier
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Picture
basedOn play "The Prince Consort"
castMember Edgar Norton
Eugene Pallette
Jeanette MacDonald
Lillian Roth
Lionel Belmore
Lupino Lane
Maurice Chevalier
cinematographer Victor Milner
composer Victor Schertzinger
countryOfOrigin United States
director Ernst Lubitsch
distributor Paramount Pictures
editor George Nichols Jr.
filmColor black-and-white
filmTechnique innovative use of sound for off-screen action and dialogue
integrated musical numbers advancing plot and character
genre musical comedy
romantic comedy
hasTheme courtly romance in a fictional European monarchy
marriage and power dynamics
role reversal between genders
influenced Hollywood musical genre of the 1930s
narrativeLocation Sylvania
nominatedActor Maurice Chevalier
notableFor early use of synchronized sound in Hollywood musicals
exemplifying the "Lubitsch Touch" style
sophisticated sexual and romantic humor characteristic of pre-Code era
originalLanguage English
partOf early sound era of Hollywood cinema
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
productionDesigner Hans Dreier
publicationDate 1929
runtime approximately 109 minutes
screenwriter Ernest Vajda
linked to: Ernst Vajda

Ernst Lubitsch
Guy Bolton
setInFictionalCountry Sylvania
soundFilm true
stars Jeanette MacDonald
Maurice Chevalier
title The Love Parade

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Harry Stradling Sr. notableWork The Love Parade
Ernst Lubitsch directed The Love Parade
Maurice Chevalier notableWork The Love Parade
Hans Dreier notableWork The Love Parade
Frank Lloyd notableWork The Love Parade
Harold D. Schuster notableWork The Love Parade
Jeanette MacDonald notableWork The Love Parade
Ernst Vajda notableWork The Love Parade
Ernst Vajda notableWork The Love Parade (screenplay)
linked to: The Love Parade
Lillian Roth notableWork The Love Parade
The Love Parade title The Love Parade
Arthur Wimperis notableWork The Love Parade
Arthur Wimperis workedOn The Love Parade
The Dream Academy notableWork The Love Parade
The Dream Academy single The Love Parade
Rene Hubert designedCostumesFor The Love Parade
Hanns Kräly notableWork The Love Parade