They Had to See Paris
1929 film
- September 18, 1929 (1929-09-18)
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They Had to See Paris is a 1929 American 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.[1][2]
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.[citation needed]
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 (uncredited)
See also
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
External links
- They Had to See Paris at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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Films directed by Frank Borzage
- That Gal of Burke's (1916)
- Flying Colors (1917)
- Society for Sale (1918)
- Prudence on Broadway (1919)
- Humoresque (1920)
- The Duke of Chimney Butte (1921)
- Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921)
- Billy Jim (1922)
- The Pride of Palomar (1922)
- The Age of Desire (1923)
- Children of Dust (1923)
- Secrets (1924)
- The Lady (1925)
- Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)
- Lazybones (1925)
- The Circle (1925)
- Marriage License? (1926)
- The Dixie Merchant (1926)
- Early to Wed (1926)
- 7th Heaven (1927)
- Street Angel (1928)
- Lucky Star (1929)
- They Had to See Paris (1929)
- The River (1929)
- Liliom (1930)
- Song o' My Heart (1930)
- Doctors' Wives (1931)
- Bad Girl (1931)
- After Tomorrow (1931)
- Young as You Feel (1931)
- Young America (1932)
- A Farewell to Arms (1932)
- Secrets (1933)
- Man's Castle (1933)
- No Greater Glory (1934)
- Little Man, What Now? (1934)
- Flirtation Walk (1934)
- Living on Velvet (1935)
- Stranded (1935)
- Shipmates Forever (1935)
- Desire (1936)
- Hearts Divided (1936)
- Green Light (1937)
- History Is Made at Night (1937)
- Big City (1937)
- Mannequin (1937)
- Three Comrades (1938)
- The Shining Hour (1938)
- Disputed Passage (1939)
- Strange Cargo (1940)
- The Mortal Storm (1940)
- Flight Command (1940)
- Smilin' Through (1941)
- The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
- Stage Door Canteen (1943)
- His Butler's Sister (1943)
- Till We Meet Again (1944)
- The Spanish Main (1945)
- Magnificent Doll (1946)
- I've Always Loved You (1946)
- That's My Man (1947)
- Moonrise (1948)
- China Doll (1958)
- The Big Fisherman (1959)
- Journey Beneath the Desert (1961)
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