STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 946, 12 April 1930, Page 15

STRAND

“THE LOVE PARADE” “The Love Parade," that sumptuous and exceptional picture starring Maurice Chevalier, is the story of a young man attached to the embassy of a mythical kingdom whose exploits in Paris get him in bad. He is sent back to his kingdom to report to the Queen, and takes his personal servant with him. Just as the master finds favour in the grace of the Queen, so the servant becomes friendly with the Queen's maid. It is these two who provide the comedy for the picture. They are Lupino Lane and Lillian Roth. Both of these players are well known on the stage and vaudeville, but not so well known to the picture public. But they will be appreciated just the same, and their comedy is sparkling and original. The eccentricity of Lane will also bring the house down. The lavish production of love in a mythical kingdom in a modern setting is the first operetta to reach the screen, and stars Maurice Chevalier. His leading lady is Jeanette MacDonald, a newcomer whose beauty will appeal and charm everyone. The Paramount production of “The Love Parade," directed by Ernst Lubitsch, is being seen daily by thousands at the Strand Theatre. Lawrence Grant, screen character actor, has been cast as an elderly roue in “Safety In Numbers,” Charles (Buddy) Rogers’s latest talkie. Geneva Mitchell, Carol Lombard, Virginia Bruce, Josephine Dunn and Katherine Crawford support the star in this picture.