I Met Him in Paris (1937)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Wesley Ruggles

Writers:

Claude Binyon (writer)
Helen Meinardi (story)

Release Date:

28 May 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Claudette Colbert	...	Kay Denham
Melvyn Douglas	...	George Potter
Robert Young	...	Gene Anders
Lee Bowman	...	Berk Sutter
Mona Barrie	...	Helen Anders
George Davis	...	Cutter Driver
Fritz Feld	...	Hotel Clerk
Rudolph Anders	...	Romantic Waiter (as Rudolph Amendt)
Alexander Cross	...	John Hanley
George Sorel	...	Hotel clerk
Louis LaBey	...	Bartender
Egon Brecher	...	Emile, upper tower man
Hans Joby	...	Lower tower man
Jacques Vanaire	...	French masher (as Jacques Venaire)
Eugene Borden	...	Headwaiter

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Ketchum, Idaho, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Paramount leased the land owned by a local Sun Valley silver prospector, Gus Anderson, for 500 dollars and built a movie set complete with a Swiss-like lodge the Andersons moved into after filming was completed.

Quotes:

Gene Anders: Do you mind if I tell you again that I love you?
Kay Denham: Go right ahead.
Gene Anders: Will you believe it?
Kay Denham: No. But I like it.

Soundtrack:

I Met Him in Paris

Description

After a year-long period of starring in such heavy fare as Maid of Salem, Claudette Colbert returned to comedy with I Met Him in Paris. Colbert plays a successful American fashion designer, squired by three suitors: playwright Melvyn Douglas, playboy Robert Young and hometown lad Lee Bowman. Bowman is fourth-billed, so that lets him out. Young is already married: Strike Two. That leaves Melvyn Douglas, who is indeed the winner of this three-way race. Most of the film takes place at a vacation resort in Switzerland (actually Sun Valley, Idaho), where several minutes of humor is extracted from the three suitors' clumsiness on skis. I Met Him in Paris charmed the critics in 1937; today it seems like just another pleasant diversion, served up by experts in the comedy field.

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