Paris 95 years old

The talking picture of the FUTURE is here TODAY!

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.

Credits

Paris Cast

Name Character
Louise Closser Hale She was 57, 60 years old when she died
ZaSu Pitts She was 35, 69 years old when she died
Jack Buchanan He was 38, 66 years old when he died
Jason Robards Sr. He was 36, 70 years old when he died
Irène Bordoni She was 44, 68 years old when she died

Paris Crew

Name Department
Sol Polito as Director of Photography. He was 36 (67) years old when He died Camera
Cole Porter as Theatre Play. He was 38 (73) years old when He died Writing
Clarence G. Badger as Director. He was 49 (84) years old when He died Directing
Hope Loring as Screenplay. She was 35 (64) years old when She died Writing
Martin Brown as Theatre Play. He was 70 (63) years old when He died Writing
Paris poster
Paris (95 years)

The talking picture of the FUTURE is here TODAY!

  • Release day: Thursday, November 07, 1929
  • Runtime: 97 minutes