Movie

Paris (1929)

• November 7, 1929
• 1h 37m

• Romance

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Overview

Irène Bordoni is cast as Vivienne Rolland, a Parisian chorus girl in love with Massachusetts boy Andrew Sabbot (Jason Robards Sr.) Andrew's snobbish mother Cora (Louise Closser Hale) tries to break up the romance. Jack Buchanan likewise makes his talking-picture debut as Guy Pennell, the leading man in Vivienne's revue. No film elements of Paris are known to exist, although the complete soundtrack survives on Vitaphone disks. The sound tape reels for this film survives at UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Director

Clarence G. Badger

Writers

Hope Loring

Starring

Irène Bordoni, Jack Buchanan, Louise Closser Hale