It Happened in Paris (1935 film)

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| director = Robert Wyler and Carol Reed

| producer = Ray Wyndham

| writer = Yves Mirande (play)
H. F. Maltby
John Huston
Katherine Strueby

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| starring = John Loder
Nancy Burne
Esme Percy
Lawrence Grossmith

| music = Monia Liter
Ernest Irving

| cinematography = Robert Martin

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| studio = Wyndham Films

| distributor = Associated British Film Distributors

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1935|7}}

| runtime = 68 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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It Happened in Paris is a 1935 British romantic comedy film directed by Robert Wyler and Carol Reed, starring John Loder, Nancy Burne, and Esme Percy.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026536/ IMDB entry] The film marked Reed's directorial debut, and after working on this film with Wyler he was the sole director on his next film Midshipman Easy. The film is also notable for John Huston's contributions to the screenplay, and for the involvement of Reed, who is mentioned by some sources as having assisted and in others to have co-directed the film.{{Cite book|last=Evans|first=Peter William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FXICEAAAQBAJ&dq=Carol+Reed+Robert+Wyler+%22assistance%22&pg=PA18|title=Carol Reed|date=2019-01-04|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-5261-4120-0|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Moss|first=R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yhBaCwAAQBAJ&dq=Carol+Reed+Robert+Wyler+Paris&pg=PA88|title=Films of Carol Reed|date=2016-01-06|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-07501-0|language=en}}

An American millionaire's son travels to France to study art, and falls in love in Paris.{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/37959 |title=BFI Database entry |access-date=19 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011014016/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/37959 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Production

The film was made at Ealing Studios by the independent production company Wyndham Films. It is based on the play L'Arpete by Yves Mirande.

= Plot =

Paul, artistically-inclined son of an American millionaire, moves to Paris where he can find inspiration and study the masters. While there, he finds inspiration of a different sort in the form of the beautiful Jacqueline.