Two Tickets to Paris

Two Tickets to Paris is a 1962 film directed by Greg Garrison and starring Joey Dee and the Starliters.

Two Tickets to Paris
Directed by	Greg Garrison
Written by	Hal Hackaday
Based on	an original story by Hackaday
Produced by	Harry Romm
Starring	Joey Dee Gary Crosby
Cinematography	William O. Steiner
Edited by	Ralph Rosenblum
Music by	Les Baxter
Production company	Harry Romm Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	1962 (1962)
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

An engaged couple, Joey and Piper, travel to Paris where Joey has a gig performing.

Cast

• Joey Dee as Joey Dee
• Gary Crosby as Gary
• Kay Medford as Aggie
• Jeri Lynne Fraser as Piper
• Lisa James as Coco
• Charles Nelson Reilly as Claypoole
• Richard Dickens as Tony
• Nina Paige as Dumb blonde
• Sal Lombardo as Marmaduke
• Jeri Archer as Mrs. Patten
• Michele Moinot as Le Claire
• Jay Burton as Charles

Production

The film was made independently by Harry Romm, who had produced Hey, Let's Twist (1961). He used the same director of that film, Greg Garrison, and cast Joey Dee, who was known for the Peppermint Twist. It was originally going to be called Viva La Twist^[1] but this was changed.

The cast included Gary Crosby who had been in many film musicals such as Mardi Gras, and Kay Medford, who had been in Bye Bye Birdie on stage. The film was shot in May 1962 at a studio in New York, the Production Center on 221 West Street, with some filming about a liner and the RoundTable nightclub. Filming finished by 8 June.^[2][3]

Columbia agreed to distribute.

Reception

The New York Times called the film "pitiful".^[4] The Monthly Film Bulletin criticised the "meagre and labouriously [sic] contrived story... the dialogue is unfunny."^[5]

A soundtrack album was released.^[6]