A young American man in Paris spots a beautiful woman in a crowd and is instantly smitten, but soon loses sight of her. Later, as he and several friends are sitting at a table at an outdoor cafe and he is describing her to them, he sees her again. His friends begin to tease him about her, and he bets them that he can win her love in 30 days even though he has no money.
Acting
Hope's already-fully-formed cowardly bravado in miniature.
Production
Warner Bros. backlot Paris: cardboard romance, real charm.
Director
Roy Mack
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This short was Hope's first leading role after years in vaudeville; he filmed it for $500 during a Broadway run.
The 'American in Paris' myth was already exhausted by 1934—this is a parody that accidentally became the thing it mocked.
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