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'') ''Paris Bound'' is a 1927 play by Philip Barry. It was made into a film in 1929, directed by

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and starring Ann Harding and

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Plot

Jim Hutton and Mary Archer are liberal-minded lovers content to remain faithful to each other in spirit only without need of a marriage certificate. However, they eventually do wed. Among the wedding guests is the young composer Richard Parrish, hardly disguising his admiration for the bride, and Noel Farley, whose passion is exceeded only by the pain of losing Jim to another woman. A child is born to them. When Jim goes off to Europe on a business trip, Mary declines to accompany him. Noel, who owns a villa at Antibes, lures Jim into a rendezvous. Meanwhile, Mary has an affair with Richard. Learning of Jim's rendezvous, she considers a Paris divorce so as to marry Richard. When Jim unexpectedly returns, he tells Mary of his affair with a French woman. Mary is devastated, for she would never believe that her husband would actually sleep with another woman. In the end their mutual love is confirmed, and they decide to adopt traditional marriage morals and remain monogamous.

Cast

* Ann Harding - Mary Hutton *

- Jim Hutton *

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- Noel Farley * Leslie Fenton - Richard Parrish * George Irving - James Hutton, Sr. * Charlotte Walker - Helen White *

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- Peter * Juliette Crosby - Nora Cope *

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- Fanny Shipman * Rose Tapley - Julie

Play production history

*The play ran on Broadway at the

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from December 27, 1927 to July 1928 for 234 performances. The production was directed by Arthur Hopkins. This is the play's only Broadway production to date, according to IBDB. *In 1929, the play ran at the Lyric Theatre with Herbert Marshall,

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and

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* * * {{Edward H. Griffith 1927 plays 1929 films Plays by Philip Barry Broadway plays American films based on plays American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Edward H. Griffith 1920s American films

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