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They Had to See Paris
They Had to See Paris
	Film poster
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 (uncredited)
Music by	George Lipschultz (uncredited)
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	September 18, 1929;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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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)

References

^ They Had To See Paris details, silentera.com; accessed August 10, 2015.
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971

External links

They Had to See Paris at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] They Had To See Paris details, silentera.com; accessed August 10, 2015.

[2] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971

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