Paree, Paree

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Bob Hope and Dorothy Stone in Paree, Paree (1934)

In this musical short, a condensed version of Cole Porter's "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929), a wealthy young American meets the girl of his dreams and makes a bet that they will be engaged ... Read allIn this musical short, a condensed version of Cole Porter's "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929), a wealthy young American meets the girl of his dreams and makes a bet that they will be engaged without her knowing of his riches.In this musical short, a condensed version of Cole Porter's "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929), a wealthy young American meets the girl of his dreams and makes a bet that they will be engaged without her knowing of his riches.

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Dorothy Stone

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Bob Hope

Peter Forbes

Billie Leonard

Violet

Rod McLennan

Michael
(as Rodney McLennon)

Charles Collins

Baxter

The Climas

Apache Scene Dancers

Lorraine Collier

Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

Charles La Torre

Flower Vendor
(uncredited)

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- Roy Mack
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PAREE, PAREE is a 20-minute remake of FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN (1931), which was based on Cole Porter's hit 1929 Broadway musical. The 1931 version eliminated Porter's score because movie audiences were tired of musicals due to the deluge of musicals in the first years of the talkies. Instead it was filmed as a straight comedy with the comedy team of Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. Thankfully a sizable portion of Porter's songs were used in PAREE, PAREE, so it was Bob Hope who introduced filmgoers to the Cole Porter standard "You Do Something to Me."

Quotes
Peter: Now, just what do you want?
Violet: I want to find a man.
Peter: Oh, go away, I'm tired, I just...
Violet: I want a man who'll knock me down and drag me off by the hair.
Peter: You don't want a man, you want a murderer.

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Featured in American Masters: This Is Bob Hope... (2017)

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You Do Something to Me
(uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
Sung by Bob Hope and Dorothy Stone, who also dances
[Played during the opening credits and occasionally in the score]

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Nice Comedy

Paree, Paree (1934)

*** (out of 4)

Bob Hope plays a millionaire American touring Paris and falling in love with a woman (Dorothy Stone) who doesn't know he's rich. The man bets his friends that he can make her fall in love with him without telling her how much money he's worth. This musical-short is actually a remake of 50 MILLION FRENCHMEN, the 1931 Cole Porter film. I was pleasantly surprised at how charming this film was because of its two leads who turn in nice work and we've also got some very good musical numbers. We get five different musical numbers and they are all quite good and the dance sequences are handled very well by director Mack who was an old pro at this type of short. Stone really steals the film with her charm, which makes it easy to see why someone would fall for her. I think Hope's comic timing was still a little weak but he too is quite charming in the film.