Paris
(1929) American
C/B&W : Feature film
Directed by Clarence G. Badger

Cast: Irène Bordoni, Jack Buchanan, Jason Robards, ZaSu Pitts [Harriet], Louise Hale

First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by [?] Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated? [A First National & Vitaphone Picture]. / [?] From the musical-comedy play adaptation by Cole Porter of a play by Martin Brown? Songs “Miss Wonderful,” “Somebody Mighty Like You” and “My Lover” by Al Bryan and Ed Ward. / [?] Premiere? 7 November 1929 at the Central Theatre in New York, New York. Released 7 November 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Technicolor two-strip color process sequences. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system. / Cole Porter wasn’t good enough, they had to bring in Bryan and Ward! / Full-sound film.

Comedy: Musical.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost : the Vitaphone sound disks survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.

Keywords: Color cinematography - France: Paris - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 19 November 2007.

References: Basten-Technicolor p. 170; Mandelbaum-Screen p. 149 : Variety-19291030 p. 51; Variety-19291106 p. 23.