They Had to See Paris
America’s greatest humorist now TALKS from the screen!
1929 | 82m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Frank Borzage |
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| Writer: | Homer Croy, Owen Davis |
| Staring: |
| 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? | |
| Release Date: | Sep 18, 1929 |
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| Director: | Frank Borzage |
| Writer: | Homer Croy, Owen Davis |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| 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 |
| Production Companies | Fox Film Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank Borzage | Director |
| Homer Croy | Novel |
| George Lipschultz | Original Music Composer |
| Chester A. Lyons | Director of Photography |
| Al Brick | Director of Photography |
| Margaret Clancey | Editor |
| Harry Oliver | Set Decoration |
| Sophie Wachner | Costume Design |
| Lew Borzage | Assistant Director |
| George P. Costello | Sound |
| Barnard Steele | Production Manager |
| Wilbur Morse, Jr. | Additional Writing |
| Sonya Levien | Scenario Writer |
| Con Conrad | Songs |
| Archie Gottler | Songs |
| Sidney D. Mitchell | Songs |
| Bernard Steele | Dialogue Coach |
| J.W. Kaufman | Second Unit Director |
| Will Rogers | Additional Dialogue |
| Owen Davis | Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William Fox | Executive Producer |
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