PARIS BOUND (1929) Ann Harding, Fredric March & Carmelita Geraghty | Drama | B&W | Nostalgic Flick

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Paris Bound is a 1927 play by Philip Barry. It was made into a film in 1929, directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Ann Harding and Fredric March.

Synopsis

Jim Hutton and Mary Archer are liberal-minded lovers content to remain faithful to each other in spirit only without need of a marriage certificate. However, they eventually do wed. Among the wedding guests is the young composer Richard Parrish, hardly disguising his admiration for the bride, and Noel Farley, whose passion is exceeded only by the pain of losing Jim to another woman. A child is born to them. When Jim goes off to Europe on a business trip, Mary declines to accompany him. Noel, who owns a villa at Antibes, lures Jim into a rendezvous. Meanwhile, Mary has an affair with Richard. Learning of Jim's rendezvous, she considers a Paris divorce so as to marry Richard. When Jim unexpectedly returns, he tells Mary of his affair with a French woman. Mary is devastated, for she would never believe that her husband would actually sleep with another woman. In the end their mutual love is confirmed, and they decide to adopt traditional marriage morals and remain monogamous.

Cast & Crew

Ann Harding - Mary Hutton
Fredric March - Jim Hutton
Carmelita Geraghty - Noel Farley
Leslie Fenton - Richard Parrish
George Irving - James Hutton, Sr.
Charlotte Walker - Helen White
Hallam Cooley - Peter
Juliette Crosby - Nora Cope
Ilka Chase - Fanny Shipman
Rose Tapley - Julie

Directed by: Edward H. Griffith
Written by: Philip Barry (play), Horace Jackson (adaptation), Frank Reicher (dialogue)
Produced by: Arthur Hopkins
Cinematography: Norbert Brodine
Edited by: Helene Warne
Music by: Arthur Alexander, Josiah Zuro
Distributed by: Pathé Exchange
Release date: August 3, 1929
Running time: 73 minutes (8 reels)
Country: United States
Language: English