So This Is Paris
About So This Is Paris
Paul and Suzanne Giraud live quietly in Paris. Suzanne objects to the new neighbors, dancers in skimpy clothes, and sends Paul to complain. The woman is Georgette Lalle, an old flame. Paul lies to Suzanne about Georgette's husband Maurice. Suzanne flirts with Maurice. On the way to Georgette, Paul is arrested for speeding and pretends he is going to jail. At the Artists' Ball he and Georgette win a Charleston contest. Suzanne arrives and finds he is not in jail. Maurice sends Georgette a fake telegram about a sanatorium, and a newspaper item about a goodbye does not land on the right husband.
Cast & crew
More about So This Is Paris
Ernst Lubitsch directed it for Warner Bros. Hanns Kräly adapted Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy's 1872 play Le Réveillon. John J. Mescall photographed it. Warner released it on 31 July 1926. A listing gives 67 minutes. Monte Blue plays Paul. Patsy Ruth Miller plays Suzanne. Lilyan Tashman plays Georgette. George Beranger plays Maurice. Myrna Loy plays the maid.
Themes
Reviews
Mordaunt Hall, in The New York Times, praised the comedy. The paper placed the film among its ten best of 1926.
Look
John J. Mescall photographed the apartment, the arrest, and the Artists' Ball.
Preservation
Prints are held by the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, the Cineteca del Friuli, the British Film Institute, the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, the Cinémathèque royale de Belgique, UCLA, and the Cinémathèque française.
Notes
- Myrna Loy plays the maid. Dot Farley plays Madame Moreau.
- The New York Times put the film on its ten-best list for 1926.
- The source play is Le Réveillon.
Scenes
- Paul discovers the dancer next door is Georgette.
- He and Georgette win the Charleston at the Artists' Ball.
Influenced by
- Le Réveillon
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (So This is Paris (1926).webm)
- Library of Congress
- Museum of Modern Art
- UCLA Film and Television Archive
- British Film Institute
