Paree, Paree

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Paree, Paree
Directed by Roy Mack
Written by Cyrus Wood
E. Ray Goetz
Herbert Fields
Produced by Samuel Sax
Starring Bob Hope
Dorothy Stone
Cinematography Ray Foster
Distributed by Warner Brothers
Release date
  • September 8, 1934 (1934-09-08)
Running time
21 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Paree, Paree is a 1934 black-and-white Vitaphone musical short starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Stone. Cole Porter wrote the lyrics and music for this musical comedy short. [1]

Contents

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

Songs

Four of the songs in this short were first used in Porter's 1929 Broadway musical Fifty Million Frenchmen , then in the 1931 film adaptation of the same name, which was filmed in Technicolor.

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

  1. Paree, Paree, SoundheimGuide, accessed February 13, 2013