HOLLYWOOD HERITAGE TO HOST BENEFIT SCREENING OF ERNST LUBITSCH’S
PRE-CODE CLASSIC “THE LOVE PARADE” ON PARAMOUNT LOT
Event includes a rare opportunity to view the Travis Banton-designed wedding gown from the film, the 20-foot-long bridal train, and crown
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Hollywood Heritage announces a unique “wedding” of two costume pieces at a screening of the film in which it appears, on Saturday afternoon, July 13th, 2019 on the Paramount Studios lot. Actress Jeanette MacDonald’s wedding dress from Ernst Lubitsch’s pre-Code classic “The Love Parade” (1929), owned by private collector Greg Schreiner, will be re-united with the gown’s 20-foot train, from the Paramount archives, for this special benefit.
The event will begin at 1:00 p.m. in the studio’s Paramount Theatre, beginning with a discussion with Paramount costume archivist Randall Thropp and costume collector Greg Schreiner, who will discuss celebrated designer Travis Banton and his contributions to the film as well as to other classic Hollywood movies of the Golden Age. Also in attendance will be Nicola Lubitsch, daughter of director Ernst Lubitsch. Film historian and author Leonard Maltin will moderate the discussion. The screening of the film will immediately follow.
This special event will raise funds to care for Hollywood Heritage’s historic Lasky DeMille Barn, which houses its museum and is the landmark structure where Hollywood’s first feature-length film, “The Squaw Man,” was made in 1913. Proceeds will help to maintain the historic structure, built in 1901. “Ernst Lubitsch is universally celebrated as one of Hollywood’s true masters of the romantic comedy, and even in this early talkie with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald in her debut, the “Lubitsch Touch” is readily apparent,” said Hollywood Heritage Board President Richard Adkins.
Event tickets are priced at $50 per person and tax deductible to the extent allowed by law, and will offer ticketholders admission to the film screening, free parking on the Paramount lot, a special souvenir program, refreshments, and the discussion. For more information on this benefit event and to purchase tickets, visit https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4265482
Contact:
Bryan Cooper, Publicity Chairman
Hollywood Heritage Museum
310-920-6890 - Direct
publicity@hollywoodheritage.org
The event will begin at 1:00 p.m. in the studio’s Paramount Theatre, beginning with a discussion with Paramount costume archivist Randall Thropp and costume collector Greg Schreiner, who will discuss celebrated designer Travis Banton and his contributions to the film as well as to other classic Hollywood movies of the Golden Age. Also in attendance will be Nicola Lubitsch, daughter of director Ernst Lubitsch. Film historian and author Leonard Maltin will moderate the discussion. The screening of the film will immediately follow.
This special event will raise funds to care for Hollywood Heritage’s historic Lasky DeMille Barn, which houses its museum and is the landmark structure where Hollywood’s first feature-length film, “The Squaw Man,” was made in 1913. Proceeds will help to maintain the historic structure, built in 1901. “Ernst Lubitsch is universally celebrated as one of Hollywood’s true masters of the romantic comedy, and even in this early talkie with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald in her debut, the “Lubitsch Touch” is readily apparent,” said Hollywood Heritage Board President Richard Adkins.
Event tickets are priced at $50 per person and tax deductible to the extent allowed by law, and will offer ticketholders admission to the film screening, free parking on the Paramount lot, a special souvenir program, refreshments, and the discussion. For more information on this benefit event and to purchase tickets, visit https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4265482
Contact:
Bryan Cooper, Publicity Chairman
Hollywood Heritage Museum
310-920-6890 - Direct
publicity@hollywoodheritage.org
