Artists and Models Abroad

Artists and Models Abroad

90 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 20, 1938

Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's wife locks them out. In his search for funds, Buck meets Patricia Harper, the fourth-richest girl in the world, but he isn't aware of that and thinks she is penniless. Patricia joins his troupe as a lark, and her father, James Harper, also pretends he is broke. Through some chicanery, Buck gets jobs for the girls as models at the Palace of Feminine Arts at the Paris International Exposition. James Harper borrows the priceless Napoleaon necklace to have a copy made for his daughter, but Buck thinks he stole it.

Artists and Models Abroad

90 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 20, 1938

Artists and Models Abroad
Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's wife locks them out. In his search for funds, Buck meets Patricia Harper, the fourth-richest girl in the world, but he isn't aware of that and thinks she is penniless. Patricia joins his troupe as a lark, and her father, James Harper, also pretends he is broke. Through some chicanery, Buck gets jobs for the girls as models at the Palace of Feminine Arts at the Paris International Exposition. James Harper borrows the priceless Napoleaon necklace to have a copy made for his daughter, but Buck thinks he stole it.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Paramount
Original title Artists and Models Abroad
Directors Mitchell Leisen
Writers Russel Crouse, Howard Lindsay, Ken Englund

Cast

Jack Benny

as Buck Boswell

Joan Bennett

as Patricia Harper

Mary Boland

as Mrs. Isabel Channing

Charley Grapewin

as James Harper

Fritz Feld

as Dubois

Phyllis Kennedy

as Marie

Monty Woolley

as Gantvoort

G.P. Huntley

as Eliot Winthrop

Joyce Compton

as Chickie

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

as Madame Brissard

André Cheron

as Brissard

Jules Raucourt

as Chaumont

Georges Renavent

as Prefect of Police

Chester Clute

as Simpson

Evelyn Keyes

as Girl (uncredited)

George Davis

as Guard Leader (uncredited)