Playboy of Paris

Playboy of Paris is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee (in her film debut), and O.P. Heggie. It was based on a 1911 play The Little Cafe by Tristan Bernard which had previously been adapted into a 1919 French silent film. Paramount produced a separate French-language version The Little Cafe, also starring Chevalier.

The film introduced the song "My Ideal", composed by Richard A. Whiting and Newell Chase with lyrics by Leo Robin, which became a jazz standard.

Synopsis

Albert Loriflan, a waiter in a Paris cafe, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money from a wealthy relative. His unscrupulous boss, Philibert, refuses to release him from his long-term contract in the hope that Albert will buy him off with a large payment. But Albert refuses, and continues to work at the cafe even though he is now very rich. Before long he falls in love with Philibert's daughter Yvonne.

Main cast

Maurice Chevalier as Albert Loriflan

Frances Dee as Yvonne Phillbert

O.P. Heggie as Philibert

Stuart Erwin as Paul Michel

Eugene Pallette as Pierre Bourdin

Dorothy Christy as Mlle. Berengere

Cecil Cunningham as Mlle. Hedwige

Tyler Brooke as Cadeaux

William B. Davidson as Monsieur Bannack

Charles Giblyn as Gastonet

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Synopsis

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