To Paris with Love

To Paris with Love - 1955 | 78 mins | Comedy, Romance | Colour

The Production Team

Director: Robert Hamer.
Producer: Edwin Astley and Antony Darnborough.
Script: Robert Buckner. (based on a story by Sterling Noel)
Cinematography: Reginald H. Wyer.
Film Editing: Anne V. Coates.
Art Direction: Maurice Carter.
Costume Design: Yvonne Caffin.
Makeup Department: W.T. Partleton.
Sound Department: Roger Cherrill and Gordon K. McCallum.
Original Music: Edwin Astley.

The Cast

Alec Guinness - Col. Sir Edgar Fraser
Odile Versois - Lizette Marconne
Vernon Gray - John Fraser
Elina Labourdette - Sylvia Gilbert
Jacques François - Victor de Colville
Austin Trevor - Leon de Colville

Plot Synopsis

Romantic comedy charting the amorous adventures of a father and son in Paris and how the plans they secretly make for each other's dalliance go astray. The plot of this 50s comedy of manners is extremely predictable but nevertheless watchable Technicolor entertainment that moves at pace. Alec Guinness' engaging performance as Col Sir Edgar Fraser is spot on, but Vernon Gray seems less at ease as his son.

A middle-aged aristocratic widower, (Col. Sir Edgar Fraser), and his son, John (Vernon Gray), take off to Paris in a Rolls Royce and play at matchmaking for each other. The baronet is convinced his son has led too far a sheltered life and it's high time for him to experience some of the charms of Parisiennes. His son on the other hand, feels that his father has been isolated on his Scottish estate for too long, and would brighten up with some female companionship. Sir Edgar foists energetic redhead Lizette Marconne (Odile Versois) on his son, whilst John finds endearing sophisticate Sylvia Gilbert (Elina Labourdette) for his widowed father. The quartet switching partners leads to ensuing farcical complications.