U.S. and France
France in American Film - 1930's
DU BARRY, WOMAN OF PASSION
1930
Director: Sam Taylor.
Cast: Norma Talmadge, William Farnum.
Location: Paris.
THE VAGABOND KING
1930
Director: Ludwig Berger.
Cast: Dennis King, Jeanette MacDonald, O.P. Heggie, Lilian Roth.
Location: Paris.
MATA HARI
1931
Director: George Fitzmaurice.
Cast: Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore.
Location: Paris.
INSPIRATION
1931
Director: Clarence Brown.
Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone.
Location: Paris.
ONE HOUR WITH YOU
1932
Directors: Ernst Lubitsch, George Cukor.
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald.
Location: Paris.
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
1932
Director: Ernst Lubitsch.
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall.
Location: Paris.
MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
1932
Director: Robert Florey.
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox.
Location: Paris.
ARSENE LUPIN
1932
Director: Jack Conway.
Cast: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley.
Location: Paris.
BLONDE VENUS
1932
Director: Josef Von Sternberg.
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Cary Grant.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Short sequence.
DESIGN FOR LIVING
1933
Director: Ernst Lubitsch.
Cast: Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins.
Location: Paris.
THE MERRY WIDOW
1934
Director: Ernst Lubitsch.
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald.
Location: Paris.
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
1934
Director: Rowland V. Lee.
Cast: Robert Donat, Elissa Landi.
Location: France.
MADAME DU BARRY
1934
Director: William Dieterle.
Cast: Dolores Del Rio, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory.
Location: Paris.
PARIS INTERLUDE
1934
Director: Edwin L. Marin.
Cast: Madge Evans, Otto Kruger, Robert Young.
Location: Paris.
PARIS IN SPRING
1935
Director: Lewis Milestone.
Cast: Mary Ellis, Ida Lupino.
Location: Paris.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
1935
Director: Rowland V. Lee.
Cast: Walter Abel, Paul Lukas, Margot Grahame.
Location: France.
LES MISÉRABLES
1935
Director: Richard Boleslawski.
Cast: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke.
Location: France.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
1935
Director: Jack Conway.
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver.
Location: Paris.
SYLVIA SCARLETT
1935
Director: George Cukor.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Brian Aherne.
Location: Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhone).
Notes: Scenes taking place in France appear at the beginning of the film.
RUGGLES OF RED GAP
1935
Director: Leo McCarey.
Cast: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Scenes taking place in Paris appear at the beginning of the film.
I DREAM TOO MUCH
1935
Director: John Cromwell.
Cast: Lily Pons, Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball.
Location: Paris.
DESIRE
1936
Director: Frank Borzage.
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper.
Location: France.
Notes: Scenes taking place in France appear at the beginning and the end of the film.
THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
1936
Director: William Dieterle.
Cast: Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise.
Location: France.
THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
1937
Directors: William Dieterle, Irving Rapper.
Cast: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut.
Location: Paris.
CONQUEST
1937
Director: Clarence Brown.
Cast: Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen.
Location: Paris.
I MET HIM IN PARIS
1937
Director: Wesley Ruggles.
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Scenes taking place in France appear at the beginning of the film.
SHALL WE DANCE
1937
Director: Mark Sandrich.
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Scenes taking place in Paris appear at the very beginning of the film.
CAMILLE
1937
Director: George Cukor.
Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore.
Location: Paris.
ANGEL
1937
Director: Ernst Lubitsch.
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas.
Location: Paris.
BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE
1938
Director: Ernst Lubitsch.
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper.
Location: The Riviera; Paris.
MARIE ANTOINETTE
1938
Director: W.S. Van Dyke.
Cast: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore.
Location: Paris; Chateau de Versailles (Ile de France).
Notes: Filmed in studio.
IF I WERE KING
1938
Director: Frank Lloyd.
Cast: Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee.
Location: Paris.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
1939
Director: Allan Dwan.
Cast: Don Ameche, Binnie Barnes.
Location: France.
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
1939
Director: James Whale.
Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett.
Location: Paris; Isle Sainte-Marguerite, near Cannes (Riviera).
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
1939
Director: William Dieterle.
Cast: Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Maureen O'Hara.
Location: Paris.
NINOTCHKA
1939
Director: Ernst Lubitsch.
Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Bela Lugosi.
Location: Paris.
MIDNIGHT
1939
Director: Mitchell Leisen.
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Mary Astor.
Location: Paris.