Playboy of Paris
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Percy Heath
Vincent Lawrence
| Playboy of Paris | |
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 Sheet music for the theme song of the film | |
| 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 |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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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.
Albert Loriflan, a waiter in a Paris cafe, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money from a wealthy relative. His unscrupulous boss, Philibert, refuses to release him from his long-term contract in the hope that Albert will buy him off with a large payment. But Albert refuses, and continues to work at the cafe even though he is now very rich. Before long he falls in love with Philibert's daughter Yvonne.
Cast
- Maurice Chevalier as Albert Loriflan
- Frances Dee as Yvonne Phillbert
- O.P. Heggie as Philibert
- Stuart Erwin as Paul Michel
- Eugene Pallette as Pierre Bourdin
- Dorothy Christy as Mlle. Berengere
- Cecil Cunningham as Mlle. Hedwige
- Tyler Brooke as Cadeaux
- William B. Davidson as Monsieur Bannack
- Charles Giblyn as Gastonet
