They Had to See Paris
(1929) American
B&W : 95 minutes
Directed by Frank Borzage

Cast: Will Rogers [Pike Peters], Irene Rich [Mrs. Idy Peters], Marguerite Churchill [Opal Peters], Ivan Lebedeff [Marquis de Brissac], Owen Davis Jr. [Ross Peters], Rex Bell [Clark McCurdy], Fifi D’Orsay [Fifi], Marcelle Corday [Marquise de Brissac], Gregory Gaye [Prince Ordinsky], Edgar Kennedy [Ed Eggers], Rheodore Lodi [Grand Duke Mikhail], Bob Kerr (Robert P. Kerr) [Tupper], Marcia Manon [Miss Mason], Christiane Yves [Fleurie], André Cheron [valet],

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Executive producer, William Fox. Scenario by Owen Davis, from an adaption by Sonya Levien of the novel They Had to See Paris by Homer Croy. Set design by Harry Oliver. Costume design by Sophie Wachner. Song “I Could Do It for You” by Con Conrad, Archie Gottler and Sidney D. Mitchell. Stage manager, Bernard Steele. Assistant director, Lew Borzage. Cinematography by Chester Lyons (Chester A. Lyons) + [Al Brick]. Sound recording by George P. Costello. Intertitles by Wilbur J. Morse Jr. Edited by Margaret Clancey. / Released 18 September 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Rogers’ first talking feature film. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version. / Full-sound film.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 5 January 2009.

References: Weaver-Twenty p. 309 : Variety-19291106 p. 10 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.