They Had to See Paris (1929)
09/18/1929 (US) • 1h 22m
America’s greatest humorist now TALKS from the screen!
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?
Top Billed Cast
Pike Peters
Idy Peters
Opal Peters
Marquis de Brissac
Ross Peters
Clark McCurdy
Fifi
Little Boy (uncredited)
Valet (uncredited)
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
-
Revenue
-
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
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