| Playboy of Paris | |
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| Directed by | Ludwig Berger |
| Written by | Tristan Bernard (play) Percy Heath Vincent Lawrence |
| Produced by | Ludwig Berger |
| Starring | Maurice Chevalier Frances Dee O.P. Heggie Stuart Erwin |
| Cinematography | Henry W. Gerrard |
| Edited by | Merrill G. White |
| Music by | Howard Jackson John Leipold |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Playboy of Paris is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee (in her film debut), and O.P. Heggie. It was based on a 1911 play The Little Cafe by Tristan Bernard which had previously been adapted into a 1919 French silent film.[1] Paramount produced a separate French-language version Le Petit Café, also starring Chevalier, which broke records for an opening-day attendance in Paris.[2]
The film introduced the song "My Ideal", composed by Richard A. Whiting and Newell Chase with lyrics by Leo Robin, which became a jazz standard.
- ^ a b Bradley, p. 118
- ^ The Films and Career of Maurice Chevalier (Gene Ringgold, Dewitt Bodeen, The Citadel Press, 1973), ISBN 0-8065-0354-8. P.95.