The Love Parade (1929) by Ernst Lubitsch
AFG presents at the Club (AKUMB, 40 Tumanyan Str.)
September 5 - 26, 2017 Film Program
THE LUBITSCH TOUCH: Musicals
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 20:00
THE LOVE PARADE
1929, USA, 109 min, Comedy / Musical / Romance, DVD
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane
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 toast-of-Paris 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 decade of witty screen battles of the sexes.
* Programs are free of charge, but seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.
* Films are screened in original language with English subtitles.
* DVDs for the program are from Khachatur Aloyan’s private collection (USA).