I Met Him in Paris (1937)

Kay Denham, romanced in Paris by friends Gene and George, can't figure out why George disapproves of Gene.

Director:

Wesley Ruggles

Writers:

Claude Binyon, Helen Meinardi (story)

Stars:

Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Claudette Colbert	...	Kay Denham
Melvyn Douglas	...	George Potter
Robert Young	...	Gene Anders
Lee Bowman	...	Berk Sutter
Mona Barrie	...	Helen Anders
George Davis	...	Snow Cutter Driver
Fritz Feld	...	Swiss Hotel Clerk
Rudolph Anders	...	Romantic Waiter (scenes deleted) (as Rudolph Amendt)
Alexander Cross	...	John Hanley
George Sorel	...	Hotel Clerk
Louis LaBey	...	Bartender
Egon Brecher	...	Emile - Upper Sled Run Tower Control
Hans Joby	...	Lower Sled Run Tower Control
Jacques Vanaire	...	French Restaurant Masher (as Jacques Venaire)
Eugene Borden	...	Headwaiter

Storyline

Kay Denham is off for a 'fling' in Paris, leaving her staid suitor Berk behind. There, she meets two new suitors, Gene and George. Gene smooth-talks her into a junket to Switzerland, but George (with no illusions about his friend) appoints himself chaperone. Through a series of slapstick winter sports, Kay remains puzzled about George's disapproval of Gene...but there's a reason.

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Plot Keywords:

switzerland | train | bobsled | paris france | love triangle | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 May 1937 (USA)

Also Known As:

Conheci-o em Paris

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 4, 1940 with Melvyn Douglas and Robert Young reprising their film roles.

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Quotes

Double-talking waiter: You have the ask to wish for me your pleasure?
Kay Denham: What?
Double-talking waiter: You have the ask to wish for me your pleasure?
Kay Denham: I have the ask to wish for you me pleasure...
Double-talking waiter: Yes! I am the waiter speaking who American. Okey-dokey?

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Soundtracks

"I Met Him in Paris"
Music by Hoagy Carmichael
Lyrics by Helen Meinardi

User Reviews

And I Nailed Him In Switzerland

Paramount imported two of MGM's second line leading men to appear opposite Claudette Colbert in I Met Him In Paris. This film finds Claudette as a buyer for a New York department store on a holiday in France trying to decide whether she wants to marry staid and established Lee Bowman.

But of course the last place you want to go to make decisions like that is Paris because too many temptations will find you. In this case two too many temptations in the form of cynical Melvyn Douglas and romantic Robert Young.

Young decides to invite Colbert on a skiing holiday in Switzerland and Douglas decides to invite himself along. The best scenes in the film involve all three of our protagonists learning winter sports. In fact the scene involving Claudette Colbert falling off a toboggan and being in harm's way of another racing toboggan is a great example of a really dangerous situation being played for laughs and quite successfully.

I Met Him In Paris which has the bulk of its scenes in Hollywood recreated Switzerland is a great example of a nice comedy which really could have been better if an Ernest Lubitsch or a Leo McCarey had done it. Mona Barrie has a small, but very important part that occurs toward the end of the film which I cannot say more about lest I spoil things.

Definitely fans of Claudette Colbert will appreciate this film which holds up very well after over 70 years.