Playboy of Paris

Oct 18, 1930

1h 19m

★ 7.0

Overview

Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her. Philibert plans to marry his daughter to a wealthy Parisian, but upon learning that Albert is to come into a large inheritance, he conspires to place him under a longterm contract, confident that he willingly will pay a forfeit to break it.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Publix Corp.

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Cast

Albert Loriflan

Maurice Chevalier

Yvonne Philibert

Frances Dee

Philibert

O. P. Heggie

Paul Michel

Stuart Erwin

Pierre Bourdin

Eugene Pallette

Mlle. Berengere

Dorothy Christy

Mlle. Hedwige

Cecil Cunningham

M. Cadeaux

Tyler Brooke

General de Karodek

Edmund Breese

Irate Customer (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Monsieur Bannack (uncredited)

William B. Davidson

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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