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ComedyRomance

The Love Parade

- He Sang Himself Into the Queen's Boudoir! One Kiss and the Whole Kingdom Was His!

The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.

Release Date : 1930-01-18

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Maurice Chevalier

Character Name : Count Alfred Renard

Original Name : Maurice Chevalier

Gender : Male

Jeanette MacDonald

Character Name : Queen Louise

Original Name : Jeanette MacDonald

Gender : Female

Lupino Lane

Character Name : Jacques

Original Name : Lupino Lane

Gender : Male

Lillian Roth

Character Name : Lulu

Original Name : Lillian Roth

Gender : Female

Eugene Pallette

Character Name : Minister of War

Original Name : Eugene Pallette

Gender : Male

E.H. Calvert

Character Name : Ambassador

Original Name : E.H. Calvert

Gender : Male

Edgar Norton

Character Name : Master of Ceremonies

Original Name : Edgar Norton

Gender : Male

Lionel Belmore

Character Name : Prime Minister

Original Name : Lionel Belmore

Gender : Male

Virginia Bruce

Character Name : Lady-in-Waiting

Original Name : Virginia Bruce

Gender : Female

Jean Harlow

Character Name : Woman in Opera Box

Original Name : Jean Harlow

Gender : Female

Yola d'Avril

Character Name : Paulette (uncredited)

Original Name : Yola d'Avril

Gender : Female

Ben Turpin

Character Name : Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)

Original Name : Ben Turpin

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-02-11

Diplomat "Count Alfred" (Maurice Chevalier) is recalled to his home country where he quickly becomes the amorous pawn of the Queen (Jeanette MacDonald). She is looking to marry, but whom? She alights on "Alfred", makes him a prince so he is more suitable then subjects him to a rather humiliating wedding ceremony in which he is the one who promises to love, honour and obey! He's in love, though - so that's all fine. Until, that is, he discovers that being a trophy husband is a bit dull. He can't even have his breakfast on his own. Meantime, though, the Kingdom is having a bit of a cashflow crisis and the Queen can't afford any scandal as a loan is being negotiated. "Alfred" cottons on to this and realises this could could give him some leverage to change the hen-pecked dynamic of his marriage. Whilst all of these shenanigans are taking place "upstairs", "Jacques" (Lupino Lane) and "Lulu" (Lillian Roth) are having their own domestic squabbles but in a far more equilibrate state - even if she does always seem to end up with the upper hand. Victor Schertzinger and Clifford Grey have written half a dozen unremarkable numbers for this that Chevalier and MacDonald wade through without much emotion, and I felt that as the initially engaging relationship between this power couple shifted, so did my interest in a story with just too little chemistry on screen.