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Lilyan Tashman and Monte Blue.
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So This is Paris
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6135 feet
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Cast: Monte Blue [Doctor Paul Giraud], Patsy Ruth Miller [Suzanne Giraud, Paul’s wife], André Beranger [Maurice Lalle], Lilyan Tashman [Georgette Lalle, Maurice’s wife], Max Barwin (Max Barwyn) [the detective]; Dot Farley [Madame Moreau], Myrna Loy [the maid], Sidney D’Albrook [the policeman]

Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [An Ernst Lubitsch Production]. / Produced by Ernst Lubitsch. Scenario by Hans Kraely (Hanns Kräly), from a screen adaptation by Hans Kraely (Hanns Kräly) of the play Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Art direction by Harold Grieve. Electrical effects by F.N. Murphy. Assistant directors, George Hippard and Ernst Laemmle. Photography (cinematography) by John J. Mescall. Camera assistant, Bert Shipman. Titles (intertitles written) by Robert Wagner and Robert Hopkins. Art titles (intertitles artwork) by Victor Vance. Presented by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / © 2 July 1926 by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [LP22890]. Released 31 July 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] AFI-F2 n. F2.5209 lists the first set of conflicting character names.

Comedy.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.5209.

Survival status: Print exists in the Turner Entertainment Company film archive [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Books: Novels - Dance: Dancers, Dances (Charleston) - Flirtation - France: Paris - Infidelity - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen - Marriages - Medical: Doctors, Physicians - Transportation: Automobiles

Listing updated: 9 July 2024.

Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.5209; Bohn-Light p. 89; Drew-Speaking pp. 138, 148-149, 281; Fell-History pp. 119, 120; Gallagher-Ford p. 59; Hake-Lubitsch p. 158; Limbacher-Feature p. 227; Webb-Hollywood p. 90; Weinberg-Lubitsch p. 322 : ClasIm-204 p. C24; ClasIm-298 pp. 18-19 : with additional information provided by Edward Lorusso.