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They Had to See Paris (1929)
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?
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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:NR
Genre:Comedy
Written By:Sonya Levien, Owen Davis
In Theaters:9/18/1929
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Runtime:82 minutes
Studio:Fox Film Corporation
Cast
Frank Borzage
Director
Will Rogers
Pike Peters
Irene Rich
Idy Peters
Marguerite Churchill
Opal Peters
Ivan Lebedeff
Marquis de Brissac
Owen Davis Jr.
Ross Peters
Rex Bell
Clark McCurdy
Fifi D'Orsay
Fifi
Sherwood Bailey
Little Boy (uncredited)
André Cheron
Valet (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday
Marquise De Brissac (uncredited)
Gregory Gaye
Prince Ordinsky (uncredited)
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