PARIS BOUND (1929) Ann Harding, Frederic March & Carmelita Geraghty | Drama, Romance | B&W

Paris Bound is a 1927 play by Philip Barry. It was made into a film in 1929, directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Ann Harding and Fredric March.

SYNOPSIS
Pre-Code early-talkie film version of Philip Barry's Broadway hit chronicles the first five years of marriage between James and Mary Hutton, during which the two paramours they deserted wait patiently--and manipulatively--in the wings.

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.

CAST & CREW
Ann Harding as Mary Hutton
Fredric March as Jim Hutton
Carmelita Geraghty as Noel Farley
Leslie Fenton as Richard Parrish
George Irving as James Hutton, Sr.
Charlotte Walker as Helen White
Hallam Cooley as Peter
Juliette Crosby as Nora Cope
Ilka Chase as Fanny Shipman
Rose Tapley as Julie

Directed by Edward H. Griffith
Written by Philip Barry (play), Horace Jackson (adaptation), Frank Reicher (dialogue)
Produced by Arthur Hopkins
Cinematography Norbert Brodine
Edited by Helene Warne
Music by Arthur Alexander, Josiah Zuro
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release date August 3, 1929
Running time73 minutes; 8 reels
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
The play ran on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre, 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 Lyric Theatre, London, England with Herbert Marshall, Edna Best and Laurence Olivier.