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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. A wealthy American oil tycoon travels to Paris with his family at his wife's request, despite the fact he hates the French.
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.
Original Release
09/18/1929
US Release
09/18/1929
Cast
Name | Character |
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Will Rogers | Pike Peters |
Irene Rich | Mrs. Idy Peters |
Owen Davis Jr. | Ross Peters |
Marguerite Churchill | Opal Peters |
Fifi D'Orsay | Fifi |
Rex Bell | Clark McCurdy |
Ivan Lebedeff | Marquis de Brissac |
Sherwood Bailey | Little boy |
André Cheron | Valet |
Marcelle Corday | Marquise De Brissac |
Directors
Writers
Owen Davis, Homer Croy, Sonya Levien
Cast
Name | Character |
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Will Rogers | Pike Peters |
Irene Rich | Mrs. Idy Peters |
Owen Davis Jr. | Ross Peters |
Marguerite Churchill | Opal Peters |
Fifi D'Orsay | Fifi |
Rex Bell | Clark McCurdy |
Ivan Lebedeff | Marquis de Brissac |
Sherwood Bailey | Little boy |
André Cheron | Valet |
Marcelle Corday | Marquise De Brissac |
Gregory Gaye | Prince Ordinsky |
Edgar Kennedy | Ed Eggers |
Robert P. Kerr | Tupper |
Theodore Lodi | Grand Duke Mikhail |
Marcia Manon | Miss Mason |
Christiane Yves | Fleurie |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William Fox | Executive Producer |