Suzy
"THE TOAST OF GAY PAREE!"
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
Top Cast
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Jean Harlow
Suzy
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Franchot Tone
Terry
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Cary Grant
Andre
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Lewis Stone
Baron
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Benita Hume
Madame Eyrelle
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Reginald Mason
Captain Barsanges
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Inez Courtney
Maisie
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Greta Meyer
Mrs. Schmidt
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Theodore von Eltz
Revue Producer
Overview
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
Rating
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1 Reviews
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talisencrw8 Aug 12, 2016I greatly enjoyed this--the second of seven films from my 'Jean Harlow: The 100th Anniversary Collection' put out by Warner Archives, unfortunately not with anything in the way of DVD extras (except for a cool, unadvertised set of postcards), and only three of the films were remastered. So it was as if they were perhaps celebrating her, say, 99th birthday and not going all-out like they could and should have, since she DID single-handedly save the studio from bankruptcy three years prior. I like the way filmmakers back then didn't care if a French actor was playing an Irish inventor and an English actor was portraying a French pilot. THESE days, there'd be sheer, unadulterated hell to pay. It was a really strange mix of genres, to get absolutely everybody into the seats. I could just see the pitch at the board meeting now: '1914 period piece romantic-comedy mixed with wartime spy thriller and musical'. But Harlow knocked it out of the ballpark, just like she always did. Supertrooper right to the very end.
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