They Had to See Paris (1929)
Overview
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?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.66 |
Directed By
Frank Borzage
Crew
Frank Borzage
Margaret Clancey
Homer Croy
Sophie Wachner
William Fox
Al Brick
Chester A. Lyons
George P. Costello
George Lipschultz
Harry Oliver
Lew Borzage
Barnard Steele
Wilbur Morse, Jr.
Owen Davis
Sonya Levien
Con Conrad
Archie Gottler
Sidney D. Mitchell
Bernard Steele
J.W. Kaufman
Will Rogers
TOP CAST
Will Rogers
Pike Peters
Irene Rich
Idy Peters
Marguerite Churchill
Opal Peters
Ivan Lebedeff
Marquis de Brissac
Owen Davis Jr.
Ross Peters
Rex Bell
Clark McCurdy
Fifi D'Orsay
Fifi
Sherwood Bailey
Little Boy (uncredited)
André Cheron
Valet (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday
Marquise De Brissac (uncredited)
Gregory Gaye
Prince Ordinsky (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy
Ed Eggers (uncredited)
Robert P. Kerr
Tupper (uncredited)
Theodore Lodi
Grand Duke Mikhail (uncredited)
Marcia Manon
Miss Mason (uncredited)
Christiane Yves
Fleurie (uncredited)
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