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''The Love Parade'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical comedy film about the marital difficulties of Queen Louise of Sylvania (Jeanette MacDonald) and her consort, Count Alfred Renard (Maurice Chevalier). Despite his love for Louise and his promise to be an obedient husband, Count Alfred finds his role as a figurehead unbearable. The film was directed by Ernst Lubitsch from a screenplay by Guy Bolton and Ernest Vajda, adapted from the French play ''Le Prince Consort'',〔("Screenplay Information" ), TCM.com; accessed August 6, 2015.〕 written by Jules Chancel and Leon Xanrof; which had previously been adapted for Broadway in 1905 by William Boosey and Cosmo Gordon Lennox.〔(''The Prince Consort'' ), ibdb.com; accessed August 6, 2015.〕 ''The Love Parade'' is notable for being both the film debut of Jeanette MacDonald and the first "talkie" film made by Ernst Lubitsch. It was also released in a French-language version called ''Parade d'amour''.〔("Notes" ), TCM.com; August 6, 2015.〕 Chevalier had thought that he would never be capable of acting as a Royal courtier, and had to be persuaded by Lubitsch.〔''With Love, the Autobiography of Maurice Chevalier'' (Cassell, 1960), p. 192.〕 This huge box-office hit appeared just after the Wall Street crash, and did much to save the fortunes of Paramount. ==Plot== Count Alfred, military attaché to the Sylvanian Embassy in Paris, is ordered back to Sylvania to report to Queen Louise for a reprimand following a string of scandals, including an affair with the ambassador's wife. In the meantime Queen Louise, ruler of Sylvania in her own right, is royally fed-up with her subjects' preoccupation with whom she will marry. Intrigued rather than offended by Count Alfred's dossier, Queen Louise invites him to dinner. Their romance progresses to the point of marriage when, despite his qualms, for love of Louise Alfred agrees to obey the Queen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Love Parade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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