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They Had to See Paris

1929 82 min ★ 6.4 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?

Director: Frank Borzage Writer: Owen Davis

Cast

Will Rogers Will Rogers Pike Peters
Irene Rich Irene Rich Idy Peters
Marguerite Churchill Marguerite Churchill Opal Peters
Ivan Lebedeff Ivan Lebedeff Marquis de Brissac
Owen Davis Jr. Owen Davis Jr. Ross Peters
Rex Bell Rex Bell Clark McCurdy
Fifi D'Orsay Fifi D'Orsay Fifi
Sherwood Bailey Sherwood Bailey Little Boy (uncredited)
André Cheron André Cheron Valet (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday Marcelle Corday Marquise De Brissac (uncredited)
Gregory Gaye Gregory Gaye Prince Ordinsky (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy Edgar Kennedy Ed Eggers (uncredited)