paris, france,family relationships,mechanic,american abroad,showgirl,pre-code,american express,suit of armor,nightclub singer,nobility,art model,oil field,nouveau riche,living in sin,social climbing,fortune hunter,culture shock,humorist,society party,homespun,unsophisticated people

They Had to See Paris (1929)

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America’s greatest humorist now TALKS from the screen!

Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of people." Pike and his grown son and daughter soon have flirtatious French admirers; Idy rents a chateau from an impoverished aristocrat; while Pike responds to each new development with homespun wit. In the inevitable clash, will pretentiousness and sophistication or common sense triumph?

Cast & Crew

Director
Frank Borzage
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    Pike Peters Will Rogers
  • Profile picture of Irene Rich
    Idy Peters Irene Rich
  • Profile picture of Marguerite Churchill
    Opal Peters Marguerite Churchill
  • Profile picture of Ivan Lebedeff
    Marquis de Brissac Ivan Lebedeff
  • Profile picture of Owen Davis Jr.
    Ross Peters Owen Davis Jr.
  • Profile picture of Rex Bell
    Clark McCurdy Rex Bell
  • Profile picture of Fifi D'Orsay
    Fifi Fifi D'Orsay
  • Profile picture of Sherwood Bailey
    Little Boy (uncredited) Sherwood Bailey

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Keywords

  • paris, france
  • family relationships
  • mechanic
  • american abroad
  • showgirl
  • pre-code
  • american express
  • suit of armor
  • nightclub singer
  • nobility
  • art model
  • oil field
  • nouveau riche
  • living in sin
  • social climbing
  • fortune hunter
  • culture shock
  • humorist
  • society party
  • homespun
  • unsophisticated people