They Had to See Paris | |
Director: | Frank Borzage |
Producer: | William Fox |
Story: | Sonya Levien |
Starring: | Will Rogers Irene Rich Marguerite Churchill |
Music: | George Lipschultz (uncredited) |
Cinematography: | Chester A. Lyons |
Editing: | Margaret Clancey (uncredited) |
Distributor: | Fox Film Corporation |
Runtime: | 95 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
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. The screenplay concerns a wealthy American oil tycoon who travels to Paris with his family at his wife's request, despite the fact he hates the French.[1] [2]
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.