They Had to See Paris
Seen it?1929 | 82 min | Comedy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Great for anyone who likes their monsters enormous and anyone who likes secrets inside secrets. The scale is huge: humanity is very much the underdog. Nobody is quite who they seem.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 22 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1929: an older pace and style.
- Not the pick if you want something heavy or meaningful.
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?
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Frank Borzage
- 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)