The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
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?
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank BorzageDirector
- George LipschultzOriginal Music Composer
- Owen DavisWriter
Cast
- 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)
- Gregory GayePrince Ordinsky (uncredited)
- Edgar KennedyEd Eggers (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
paris, francefamily relationshipsmechanicamerican abroadshowgirlpre-codeamerican expresssuit of armornightclub singernobilityart modeloil field