Eclipse Series 8: LUBITSCH MUSICALS: LUBITSCH, Ernst: The Love Parade (1929)
Ernst Lubitsch's first "talking picture" was also Hollywood's first movie musical to integrate songs with narrative. Additionally, The Love Parade made stars out of Parisian showman Maurice Chevalier and girl from Philly Jeanette MacDonald, cast as a womanizing military attaché and the man-hungry queen of "Sylvania." With its naughty innuendo and satiric romance, The Love Parade opened the door for a coming decade of witty screen battles of the sexes.
109 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
1:21:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2007
Director/Writers
Ernst Lubitsch was 37 when he directed The Love Parade.
Screenplay by Ernest Vajda and Guy Bolton.
From the play by Leon Xanrof.
Other Lubitsch films in the Collection:
Eclipse Series 8: Monte Carlo (1930)
Eclipse Series 8: The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Other Lubitsch films in the Collection:
Eclipse Series 8: Monte Carlo (1930)
Eclipse Series 8: The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)






Comments
Post a Comment