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Innocents of Paris
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6148 feet / 78 minutes
Directed by Richard Wallace
Cast: Maurice Chevalier [Maurice Marny], Sylvia Beecher [Louise Leval], Russell Simpson [Émile Leval], George Fawcett [Monsieur Marny], Mrs. George Fawcett [Madame Marny], John Miljan [Monsieur Renard], Margaret Livingston [Madame Renard], David Durand [Jo-Jo], Jack Luden [Jules], Johnnie Morris [a musician], Rosalind Byrne
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. / Screenplay by Ethel Doherty, with dialogue by Ernest Vajda, from an adaptation by Ernest Vajda of the novel Innocents of Paris by Clarence Edward Andrews. Songs “Louise,” “It’s a Habit of Mine,” “On Top of the World Alone” and “Wait ’til You See Ma Chérie” by Richard A. Whiting (music) and Leo Robin (lyrics). Cinematography by Charles Lang. Intertitles written by George Marion Jr. / © 24 May 1929 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP407]. Premiered 26 April 1929 in New York, New York. Released 25 May 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released as a silent film (at 7816 feet) by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation in 1929. / Full-sound film.
Comedy: Musical.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: France: Paris - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 7 February 2016.
References: Shipman-Cinema p. 104 : Website-AFI.
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