Plastered in Paris is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Sammy Cohen, Jack Pennick and Lola Salvi.^[1]

While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process. It was intended as a parody of Foreign Legion films such as Beau Geste. However, this drew some criticism for its mockery of the Foreign Legion, which an observer compared to the British Guards Regiments as being above parody.^[2]

In the film, two veterans of the American Legion enlist in the French Foreign Legion by mistake. They are assigned a mission in North Africa.

Synopsis

Two former American doughboys return to Paris after ten years for an American Legion convention. However, due to a mistake, they end up joining the French Foreign Legion. While serving in North Africa they rescue a General's daughter from a harem.

Cast

• Sammy Cohen as Sammy Nosenblum
• Jack Pennick as Bud Swenson
• Lola Salvi as Marcelle
• Ivan Linow as Sergeant Cou Cou
• Hugh Allan as Hugh
• Marion Byron as Mimi
• Michael Visaroff as French General
• Albert Conti as Abou Ben Abed
• August Tollaire as Doctor

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

Bibliography

• Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.
• Lee Grieveson & Peter Kramer. The Silent Cinema Reader. Psychology Press, 2004.

External links

• Plastered in Paris at IMDb