Paid to Love

Jul 23, 1927

1h 16m

★ 6.0

A Paris Girl Whose Beauty Rocked a Kingdom

Overview

An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank's money and shore up the country's weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Towards that end he befriends the country's king and they come up with a scheme to get the Crown Prince married, a prospect not particularly appealing to the Crown Prince--until he sees the beautiful cabaret dancer the pair has picked for him to marry.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Crown Prince Michae

George O'Brien

Gaby

Virginia Valli

Peter Roberts

J. Farrell MacDonald

Prince Eric

William Powell

King

Thomas Jefferson

Servant

Hank Mann

Maid

Merta Sterling

Excited Girl Tourist (uncredited)

Sally Eilers

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