They Had to See Paris

{{Infobox film

| name = They Had to See Paris

| image = They-had-to-see-paris-1929.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Frank Borzage

| producer = William Fox

| writer = Owen Davis

| story = Sonya Levien

| based_on = {{basedon|They Had to See Paris|Homer Croy}}

| narrator =

| starring = Will Rogers
Irene Rich
Marguerite Churchill

| music = George Lipschultz (uncredited)

| cinematography = Chester A. Lyons

| editing = Margaret Clancey (uncredited)

| distributor = Fox Film Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1929|09|18}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

}}

File:They Had to See Paris ad in The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1929 (page 1446 crop).jpg, 1929]]

They Had to See Paris is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) Pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Will Rogers, Irene Rich, and Marguerite Churchill. The screenplay concerns a wealthy American oil tycoon who travels to Paris with his family at his wife's request, despite the fact he hates the French.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TheyHadToSeeParis1929.html They Had To See Paris details], silentera.com; accessed August 10, 2015.The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971

Rogers starred in a similar film the following year, So This Is London with the location switched to London. Rogers and Rich reprised their roles in Down to Earth (1932) which depicts the return of the Peters family to Depression-hit America.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}