Directed by:
Charles VidorCinematography:
Lucien N. AndriotComposer:
Lucien MoraweckCast:
Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Irene Rich, George Coulouris, Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Norris, Curt Bois, Frank Reicher, Nicholas Bela (more)Plots(1)
Bourgeois Parisian shop-owner Aherne is on a jury for a trial in which Hayworth is the defendant. He sees to it that she is convicted, but later finds her work in his store. Her spotted past is kept under cover until Ahernes son Ford falls in love with her. The secret is revealed and the couple elope, though everything ends on a bright and cheerful note. This marked the first time Ford and Hayworth appeared together. They would go on to become one of Hollywoods great screen couples, appearing in such films as the film-noir classic GILDA and THE LOVES OF CARMEN, both helmed by Charles Vidor. The pictures original title, IT HAPPENED IN PARIS, was dropped to prevent patrons from thinking it a war film--the French capital being occupied by the Nazis at that time. Aherne proved his versatility as an actor once again, taking on the second role as a father that he played that year, the other being in MY SON, MY SON. Besides Hayworth and Ford, another young actor appeared in THE LADY IN QUESTION who would go on to stardom, Evelyn Keyes. Based on the film HEART OF PARIS by Marc Allegret. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Brian Aherne
UK
Best movies:
Underground (1928)
Juarez (1939)
I Confess (1953)
Rita Hayworth
USA
Best movies:
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Glenn Ford
Canada
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Gilda (1946)
Texas (1941)
Irene Rich
USA
Best movies:
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
The Champ (1931)
George Coulouris
UK
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Lloyd Corrigan
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
It (1927)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Evelyn Keyes
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Edward Norris
USA
Best movies:
Boys Town (1938)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
Queen Christina (1933)
Curt Bois
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Oyster Princess (1919)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Frank Reicher
German Empire
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Nicholas Bela
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dracula (1931)
Little Caesar (1931)
William Castle
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
Dorothy Burgess
USA
Best movies:
In Old Arizona (1928)
Fern Emmett
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Swing Time (1936)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Carlton Griffin
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Love Is News (1937)
Emma Tansey
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Invisible Man (1933)
It Happened One Night (1934)
William Stack
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Leon Belasco
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Jack Raymond
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Citizen Kane (1941)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Philip Van Zandt
Netherlands
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Gilda (1946)
Life with Father (1947)