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A Gentleman of Paris

1927·US

Director: Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast

Comedy

Le Marquis de Marignan is a French aristocrat and seducer who flirts with every Parisian girl he meets. If dallying with youngster fräuleins isn't enough to keep him busy, the Marquis also has to cope with an unexpected visit from his fiancée and her father.

Le Marquis de Marignan is a French aristocrat and seducer who flirts with every Parisian girl he meets. If dallying with youngster fräuleins isn't enough to keep him busy, the Marquis also has to cope with an unexpected visit from his fiancée and her father.

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Cast

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Marquis de Marignan

Shirley O'Hara

Shirley O'Hara

Jacqueline

Arlette Marchal

Arlette Marchal

Yvonne Dufour

Ivy Harris

Ivy Harris

Henriette

Nicholas Soussanin

Nicholas Soussanin

Joseph Talineau

Lawrence Grant

Lawrence Grant

Gen. Baron de Latour

William B. Davidson

William B. Davidson

Henri Dufour

Lorraine MacLean

Cloakroom Girl

Crew

writer

cinematographer

Herman J. Mankiewicz

writer

Benjamin Glazer

writer

Chandler Sprague

writer

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