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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Love Parade canonical | 6 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectorNominee | Hans Dreier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Academy Award for Best Art Direction NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | play "The Prince Consort" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Edgar Norton
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Eugene Pallette NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeanette MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Lillian Roth NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Belmore NERFINISHED ⓘ Lupino Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Chevalier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Victor Milner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Victor Schertzinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Ernst Lubitsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | George Nichols Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmTechnique |
innovative use of sound for off-screen action and dialogue
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integrated musical numbers advancing plot and character ⓘ |
| genre |
musical comedy
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romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courtly romance in a fictional European monarchy
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marriage and power dynamics ⓘ role reversal between genders ⓘ |
| influenced | Hollywood musical genre of the 1930s ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Sylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedActor | Maurice Chevalier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early use of synchronized sound in Hollywood musicals
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionDesigner | Hans Dreier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 109 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ernest Vajda
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Ernst Lubitsch NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInFictionalCountry | Sylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundFilm | true ⓘ |
| stars |
Jeanette MacDonald
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Maurice Chevalier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Love Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.