They Had to See Paris

They Had to See Paris is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) 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]

They Had to See Paris
Film poster
Directed by	Frank Borzage
Written by	Owen Davis
Story by	Sonya Levien
Based on	They Had to See Paris by Homer Croy
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Will Rogers Irene Rich Marguerite Churchill
Cinematography	Chester A. Lyons
Edited by	Margaret Clancey (uncredited)
Music by	George Lipschultz (uncredited)
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	September 18, 1929 (1929-09-18)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

They Had to See Paris ad in The Film Daily, 1929

They Had to See Paris (1929)

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.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

• Will Rogers as Pike Peters
• Irene Rich as Mrs. Idy Peters
• Owen Davis Jr. as Ross Peters
• Marguerite Churchill as Opal Peters
• Fifi D'Orsay as Fifi
• Rex Bell as Clark McCurdy
• Robert P. Kerr as Tupper
• Ivan Lebedeff as Marquis de Brissac
• Edgar Kennedy as Ed Eggers
• Marcelle Corday as Marquise De Brissac
• General Lodijensky as Grand Duke Mikhail
• André Cheron as Valet
• Gregory Gaye as Prince Ordinsky
• Marcia Manon as Miss Mason (uncredited)

See also

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