They Had to See Paris (1929)

America’s greatest humorist now TALKS from the screen!

• Comedy

Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of people." Pike and his grown son and daughter soon have flirtatious French admirers; Idy rents a chateau from an impoverished aristocrat; while Pike responds to each new development with homespun wit. In the inevitable clash, will pretentiousness and sophistication or common sense triumph?

Rating

6.4 / 10 (8 votes)

Release date

September 18, 1929

Runtime

1h 22m

Language

English

Director

Frank Borzage

Status

Released