I Met Him in Paris (1937)
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Genres - Comedy, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Screwball Comedy, Slapstick |
Release Date - May 28, 1937 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 85 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
After a year-long period of starring in such heavy fare as Maid of Salem, Claudette Colbert returned to comedy with I Met Him in Paris. Colbert plays a successful American fashion designer, squired by three suitors: playwright Melvyn Douglas, playboy Robert Young and hometown lad Lee Bowman. Bowman is fourth-billed, so that lets him out. Young is already married: Strike Two. That leaves Melvyn Douglas, who is indeed the winner of this three-way race. Most of the film takes place at a vacation resort in Switzerland (actually Sun Valley, Idaho), where several minutes of humor is extracted from the three suitors' clumsiness on skis. I Met Him in Paris charmed the critics in 1937; today it seems like just another pleasant diversion, served up by experts in the comedy field.
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fashion-designer, love-quadrangle, skiing, Swiss [nationality]