They had to see Paris (1929)

Описание: They Had to See Paris is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) Pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Will Rogers, Irene Rich, and Marguerite Churchill. The screenplay concerns a wealthy American oil tycoon who travels to Paris with his family at his wife's request, despite the fact he hates the French.

Rogers starred in a similar film the following year, So This Is London with the location switched to London. Rogers and Rich reprised their roles in Down to Earth (1932) which depicts the return of the Peters family to Depression-hit America.


Cast

Will Rogers as Pike Peters
Irene Rich as Mrs. Idy Peters
Owen Davis Jr. as Ross Peters
Marguerite Churchill as Opal Peters
Fifi D'Orsay as Fifi
Rex Bell as Clark McCurdy
Robert P. Kerr as Tupper
Ivan Lebedeff as Marquis de Brissac
Edgar Kennedy as Ed Eggers
Marcelle Corday as Marquise De Brissac
General Lodijensky as Grand Duke Mikhail
André Cheron as Valet
Gregory Gaye as Prince Ordinsky
Marcia Manon as Miss Mason


Directed by Frank Borzage
Written by Owen Davis
Story by Sonya Levien
Based on They Had to See Paris
by Homer Croy
Produced by William Fox
Starring Will Rogers
Irene Rich
Marguerite Churchill
Cinematography Chester A. Lyons
Edited by Margaret Clancey
Music by George Lipschultz
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release date
September 18, 1929
Running time 95 minutes
Country United States
Language English