"ROMANCE IN PARIS”
A new film star—handsome, talented and infinitely likeable —wins a multitude of admirers in his first American picture. He is Fernand Gravet, famous Continental film star, and the picture is “Romance in Paris,” a delightfully humorous romance, the first film which the brilliant young Warner Bros.’ director, Mervyn Leßoy, has made under his new rank of producer. Born in Belgium, educated in England, now a resident of France, M. Gravet has starred in more than 2& foreign films and is the leading screen idol on the Continent to-day. Leßoy met him in Paris last summer, induced him to sign a long term contract and brought him to Hollywood. “Romance in Paris” is whimsical comedy at its best. M. Gravet plays the role of a wealthy, profligate ex-monarch who becomes a Paris playboy. His titled ‘aunt and uncle > try *ip put his royal feet dn the straight/and ’narrow path, but “King AlfrecT? love's the bright lights.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 26 November 1938, Page 6
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