They Had to See Paris is a 1929 American 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. 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. Cast Will Rogers as Pike Peters Irene Rich as Mrs. Idy Peters Owen Davis Jr. as Ross Peters Marguerite Churchill as Opal Peters Fifi D'Orsay as Fifi Rex Bell as Clark McCurdy Robert P. Kerr as Tupper Ivan Lebedeff as Marquis de Brissac Edgar Kennedy as Ed Eggers Marcelle Corday as Marquise De Brissac General Lodijensky as Grand Duke Mikhail André Cheron as Valet Gregory Gaye as Prince Ordinsky Marcia Manon as Miss Mason (uncredited) References External links 1929 films 1929 comedy films American comedy films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Frank Borzage Fox Film films Films produced by William Fox Films set in Paris American black-and-white films 1920s American films