That Girl from Paris

That Girl from Paris
That Girl from Paris
	French poster
Directed by	Leigh Jason
Screenplay by	Jane Murfin; Joseph Fields
Based on	Viennese Charmer; 1928 story in Young's Magazine; by W. Carey Wonderly
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Starring	Lily Pons; Jack Oakie; Gene Raymond
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Edited by	William Morgan
Music by	Nathaniel Shilkret
Production; company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	December 31, 1936 (New York City);
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$534,000
Box office	$1 million

That Girl from Paris is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, and Gene Raymond.^[3] The film made a profit of $101,000.^[2] John O. Aalberg was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording.^[4]

Plot

Nikki Martin, a Parisian opera star, takes off in search of adventure and true-love leaving her arranged husband to be at the altar. While hitchhiking, Nikki meets handsome American musician, Windy McLean and his band, the McLean Wildcats. Windy immediately spites her, but Nikki falls in love with him and follows him to New York by stowing away on the ship his on. The steward finds her hiding in Windy and the Wildcats room. She is locked up by authorities and Windy and the band are fired. When the ship reaches New York, Nikki escapes off the ship and finds out the Wildcats apartment. They demand her to leave, fearing being implicated but she refuses. Clair, Windy girlfriend shows up with Hammacher, and offers the band a low paying job at a roadhouse in another city. Anxious to depart, they accept. Nikki becomes the bands singer. Clair becomes jealous and reports her to the authorities, causing the band to flee again.

Cast

Lily Pons as Nicole 'Nikki' Martin
Jack Oakie as Whammo Lonsdale
Gene Raymond as Windy McLean
Herman Bing as 'Hammy' Hammacher
Mischa Auer as Butch
Lucille Ball as Claire 'Clair' Williams
Frank Jenks as Laughing Boy Frank
Alec Craig as Justice of the Peace

References

^ Frank Nugent (January 1, 1937). "The Screen In Review; That Girl from Paris". The New York Times. The final impudent gesture of the 1936 cinema is RKO Radio's tossing of Lily Pons to a swing band.
^ ^a ^b ^c Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56
^ Tracie Cooper (2012). "That Girl from Paris". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
^ "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 9, 2011.

External links

That Girl from Paris at IMDb
That Girl from Paris at AllMovie
That Girl from Paris at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
That Girl from Paris at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Frank Nugent (January 1, 1937). "The Screen In Review; That Girl from Paris". The New York Times. The final impudent gesture of the 1936 cinema is RKO Radio's tossing of Lily Pons to a swing band.

[rko-2] Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56

[NY_Times-3] Tracie Cooper (2012). "That Girl from Paris". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2011.

[Oscars1937-4] "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 9, 2011.

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