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THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

Paris Bound (1929)

73 mins | Romance | 3 August 1929

Director:

Edward H. Griffith

Writer:

Horace Jackson

Producer:

Arthur Horpkins

Cinematographer:

Norbert Brodine

Editor:

Helen Warne

Production Designer:

Edward Jewell

Production Company:

Pathé Exchange, Inc.
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HISTORY

According to a production directory in the 20 Apr 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, the starting date for Paris Bound was 5 Apr 1929. Herbert Clark was listed in the cast, but his name was not in the final credits. ...

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According to a production directory in the 20 Apr 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, the starting date for Paris Bound was 5 Apr 1929. Herbert Clark was listed in the cast, but his name was not in the final credits.

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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Exhibitors Herald-World
20 Apr 1929
p. 50
Film Daily
28 Jul 1929
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New York Times
21 Sep 1929
p. 17
Variety
25 Sep 1929
p. 17
CAST
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
PRODUCTION TEXT
A Maurice Revnes Production
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTORS
William Scully
Asst dir
Dial co-dir by
PRODUCERS
WRITERS
PHOTOGRAPHY
William Dietz
Ballet photog by
ART DIRECTOR
Edward Jewell
Art dir
FILM EDITOR
Film ed
COSTUMES
Cost des
MUSIC
Ballet mus by
Mus dir
SOUND
George Ellis
Sd eng
DANCE
Richard Boleslavsky
Ballet staged by
PRODUCTION MISC
Prod mgr
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the play Paris Bound by Philip Barry (New York, 27 Dec 1927).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHOR
DETAILS
Release Date:
3 August 1929
Production Date:
began 5 Apr 1929
Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Pathé Exchange, Inc.
6 October 1929
LP753
Physical Properties:
Sound
RCA Photophone
Black and White
Duration(in mins):
73
Length(in feet):
6,687
Length(in reels):
8
Country:
United States
Language:
English
SYNOPSIS

Mary Archer weds Jim Hutton with all the ritual of a church wedding, the bride believing that each should be allowed perfect freedom in personal contacts. Among the wedding guests is the young composer Richard Parrish, hardly disguising his admiration for the bride, and Noel Farley, whose passion is exceeded only by the pain of losing Jim to another woman. When a child is born to them, Mary declines to accompany Jim on a European business trip, and Noel, who owns a villa at Antibes, lures him into a rendezvous. Meanwhile, Mary sees much of Richard, her composer friend; later, learning of the rendezvous, she considers a Paris divorce so as to marry Richard, but when Jim unexpectedly returns, their mutual love is ...

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Mary Archer weds Jim Hutton with all the ritual of a church wedding, the bride believing that each should be allowed perfect freedom in personal contacts. Among the wedding guests is the young composer Richard Parrish, hardly disguising his admiration for the bride, and Noel Farley, whose passion is exceeded only by the pain of losing Jim to another woman. When a child is born to them, Mary declines to accompany Jim on a European business trip, and Noel, who owns a villa at Antibes, lures him into a rendezvous. Meanwhile, Mary sees much of Richard, her composer friend; later, learning of the rendezvous, she considers a Paris divorce so as to marry Richard, but when Jim unexpectedly returns, their mutual love is confirmed.

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