Paris (1929 film)

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Paris (1929)
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Produced by Ned Marin
Written by Martin Brown
E. Ray Goetz
Hope Loring
Starring Irene Bordoni
Jack Buchanan
Louise Closser Hale
Jason Robards Sr.
Zasu Pitts
Music by Cole Porter, Edward Ward
Cinematography Sol Polito (Technicolor)
Editing by Edward Schroeder
Distributed by First National Pictures: A Subsidiary of Warner Bros.
Release date(s) November 7, 1929
Running time 97 Minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
IMDb profile

Paris (1929) is an All-Talking musical comedy film with Technicolor sequences. Four reels of this ten reel film were originally photographed in Technicolor. The film Paris was adapted from the Cole Porter Broadway musical of the same name.

Poster for the film.
Poster for the film.

[edit] Trivia

  • Warner Bros. paid Irene Bordoni $10,000 a week to produce this film.
  • While "Paris" was being filmed, the Warner. Bros were in the process of completing their all-star revue The Show of Shows (1929). Consequently, they had Irene Bordoni film a number for this feature while she was working on "Paris."
  • Warner Bros. initially had the intention of starring Irene Bordoni in two musical features. Due to the poor box-office reception of "Paris" they decided not to make any more films with her.

[edit] Songs

  • "My Lover"
  • "Paris"
  • "Somebody Mighty Like You"
  • "An' Furthermore"
  • "Wob-a-ly Walk"
  • "Don't Look at Me That Way"
  • "Crystal Girl"
  • "I'm a Little Negative Looking for a Positive"
  • "I Wonder What is Really on his Mind"
  • "Miss Wonderful"
  • "Among My Souvenirs"
  • "The Land of Going to Be"

[edit] Preservation

No film elements are known to exist. The complete soundtrack survives on Vitaphone disks.