

They Had to See Paris
1929-09-18 · 82 min · ★ 6.4
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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- Directors
- Frank Borzage
- Production companies
- Fox Film Corporation
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Will RogersPike Peters
Irene RichIdy Peters
Marguerite ChurchillOpal Peters
Ivan LebedeffMarquis de Brissac
Owen Davis Jr.Ross Peters
Rex BellClark McCurdy
Fifi D'OrsayFifi
Sherwood BaileyLittle Boy (uncredited)
André CheronValet (uncredited)
Marcelle CordayMarquise De Brissac (uncredited)
Gregory GayePrince Ordinsky (uncredited)
Edgar KennedyEd Eggers (uncredited)
Robert P. KerrTupper (uncredited)
Marcia ManonMiss Mason (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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