Hot for Paris explained

Hot for Paris
Director:	Raoul Walsh
Starring:	Victor McLaglen Fifi D'Orsay El Brendel
Cinematography:	Charles Van Enger
Editing:	Jack Dennis
Studio:	Fox Film Corporation
Distributor:	Fox Film Corporation
Runtime:	71 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Hot for Paris is a 1929 American pre-Code black-and-white romantic adventure musical film. This film is believed to be lost. The film is also known as Fifì dimmi di sì in Italy and Un marido afortunado in Spain. The film length (metres) is 1710.84 m in the silent version and 2002.54 m (7 reels) in the sound version.

Cast

• Victor McLaglen – John Patrick Duke
• Fifi D'Orsay – Fifi Dupre
• El Brendel – Axel Olson
• Polly Moran – Polly
• Lennox Pawle – Mr. Pratt
• August Tollaire – Papa Gouset
• George Fawcett – Chop Captain
• Charles Judels – Charlott Gouset
• Edward Dillon – Ship's Cook (as Eddie Dillon)
• Rosita Marstini – Fifi's Mother
• Agostino Borgato – Fifi's Father
• Yola d'Avril – Yola Dupre

Soundtrack

• "Duke of Ka-ki-ak"

Music by Walter Donaldson

Lyrics by Edgar Leslie

Sung by Victor McLaglen

• "Sweet Nothings of Love"

Music by Walter Donaldson

Lyrics by Edgar Leslie

Sung by Fifi D'Orsay

• "If You Want to See Paree"

Music by Walter Donaldson

Lyrics by Edgar Leslie

Sung by Fifi D'Orsay

• "Sing Your Little Folk Song"

Music by Walter Donaldson

Lyrics by Edgar Leslie

Sung by Fifi D'Orsay

• "Cuckoo Song"

Music by Walter Donaldson

Lyrics by Edgar Leslie

Sung by El Brendel

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

External links

• • • Review by The New York Times
• http://www.elbrendel.com/2009/01/hot-for-paris-1929.html
• http://www.fandango.com/hotforparis_v95649/summary
• https://books.google.com/books?id=F3XBLyzwhcsC&dq=%22Hot+for+Paris%22+1929&pg=PA198
• http://www.fuzzster.com/r/show/se/5342500.html?NOFOR=true
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090521173219/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/36922