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...made critics assert that laughter is founded on a sense of superiority,* but Hot for Paris will flatter that sense only broadly, good-humoredly. Director Raoul Walsh is said to have thought up the story while he was riding in an airplane. Typical gags: "You must have a sweetport in every heart"; "coal miners" used instead of "gold diggers"; Swedish seamen interrupting Victor McLaglen as he pours out his heart in passionate metaphors to Fifi Dorsay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jan. 20, 1930 | 1/20/1930 | See Source »

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