''Paree, Paree'' is a 1934 black-and-white

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and Dorothy Stone.

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wrote the lyrics and music for this

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short.''Paree, Paree''
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Premise

A wealthy man (Bob Hope) makes a bet with his friends that he could win a girl (Dorothy Stone) without her knowing of his riches.

Cast

as Peter Forbes * Dorothy Stone as Lulu Carroll * Billie Leonard as Violet *Rodney McLennan as Michael Cummings (credited as Rodney McLennon) * Charles Collins as Baxter *Charles La Torre as Flower Vendor

Songs

Four of the songs in this short were first used in Porter's 1929

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Fifty Million Frenchmen ''Fifty Million Frenchmen'' is a musical comedy with a book by Herbert Fields and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It opened on Broadway in 1929 and was adapted for a film two years later. The title is a reference to the hit 1927 song "Fifty Milli ...

'', then in the 1931 film adaptation of the same name, which was filmed in

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Paree, What Did You Do to Me ''Fifty Million Frenchmen'' is a musical comedy with a book by Herbert Fields and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It opened on Broadway in 1929 and was adapted for a film two years later. The title is a reference to the hit 1927 song "Fifty Mil ...

" – Female singer *"You Don't Know Paree" – Orchestra *" You Do Something to Me" – Peter and Lulu *"Find Me a Primitive Man" – Violet *"You've Got That Thing" – Peter *Finale: "You've Got That Thing" (reprise) – Company :These songs were from ''Fifty Million Frenchmen''.

Home media

This short was released on DVD in the special features of the MGM movie musical '' Silk Stockings'' (1957).

References

External links

''Paree, Paree'' at IMDB
1934 films Warner Bros. short films Vitaphone short films American musical comedy films 1934 musical comedy films Films directed by Roy Mack Films produced by Samuel Sax American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub