So This Is Paris | 1926 | Comedy, Romance

Title: So This Is Paris | 1926 | Comedy, Romance Director: Ernst Lubitsch Studio: Warner Bros. Starring: Monte Blue, Patsy Ruth Miller, Lilyan Tashman, Andre Beranger, Myrna Loy Based on: Le Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy Release Date: July 31, 1926 Runtime: 80 Format: Silent , black-and-white, 35mm, 1.33:1, 7 reels Country: United States Language: Silent Genres: Comedy, Romance --- Chapters: 00:00:00 New neighbors across the boulevard 00:12:30 Old flame rekindled 00:28:00 Deceptions and flirtations escalate 00:44:00 The Artists’ Ball and Charleston contest 00:58:30 Arrest, revelations, and reconciliation --- Summary: A Parisian doctor and his wife find their placid marriage upended when a flamboyant dance duo moves in across the boulevard. A chance visit reveals that the dancer is the doctor’s former sweetheart, setting off a chain of overlapping flirtations, alibis, and misunderstandings. Ernst Lubitsch orchestrates the farce toward a celebrated Artists’ Ball sequence, where a Charleston contest and kaleidoscopic cutting push the entanglements to a comic crescendo before domestic order is restored. --- Background: Produced at Warner Bros. near the end of Lubitsch’s tenure at the studio, the film adapts the French stage farce Le Réveillon, streamlined into a modern Jazz Age setting. Screenwriter Hans Kraly shaped the material for silent-era storytelling, with John J. Mescall’s photography and Lubitsch’s precision staging culminating in the innovative dance-hall montage that critics singled out at the time. --- Trivia: The New York Times listed the film among its ten best of 1926, praising the virtuosity of the Charleston contest sequence. Myrna Loy appears in an early role as the Lalles’ maid. Archive holdings confirm preservation at institutions including the Library of Congress. The film survives in multiple runtimes due to variable silent-era projection speeds; its physical length is 6,135 feet across seven reels. Often cited as a hallmark of the “Lubitsch touch,” the film’s visual wit and elliptical storytelling anticipate later screwball comedies. --- Public Domain / Rights: Original Release: July 31, 1926 Original Studio / Distributor: Warner Bros. Copyright Status: Public Domain Renewal: Unknown --- Hashtags: SoThisIsParis ErnstLubitsch SilentFilm ClassicCinema PublicDomain WarnerBros MyrnaLoy 1926 RomanticComedy Charleston Source page: https: //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:So_This_is_Paris_(1926).webm Direct media URL: https: //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/So_This_is_Paris_%281926%29.webm