STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 953, 22 April 1930, Page 15

STRAND

LAST DAYS OF “LOVE PARADE”

The magnetic personality of Maurice Chevalier in “The Love Parade, continues to delight audiences at the Strand Theatre.

In the role of Count Alfred, a dashing diplomat in Paris, he is recalled on account of his love affairs. His Queen conies under the count’s charm and ho becomes prince consort. Tiring, however, of receiving instructions from his royal wife, he almost precipitates a divorce. How he is finally accepted as king as well as prince cofisort Is shown in a series of entertaining scenes. Jeanette Macdonald capably takes the part of the queen, while a comic element is supplied by Lupino Lane and Lillian Roth. Some particularly fine vocal numbers are included in the production.

The programme is completed by a “Micky the Mouse” cartoon and an English Pathe Review.

Paris fashions, a season ahead of Paris, are to be on display at the Strand Theatre shortly, where the First National all-talking picture, “Paris,” starring Irene Bordoni, the French stage star, will be shown. In the spectacular theatre sequences, more than 100 girls, including showgirls, tall dancers and “ponies,” stage a fashion show that is probably the most colourful in the history of motion pictures, and equal to anything of the kind that,has ever been shown on a theatre stage.

Photographed in their natural colours, the costumes are a riot of gay tints which are shown to their best advantage as the girls slowly parade down a huge flight of steps, which extend high into the flies of the theatre.