American shop-girl Julie McFadden wins a free passage to Paris; en route she meets Robert Van Wye, who must kiss her when she loses a sack race. In Paris, Julie finds her proposed residence destroyed, and while waiting for Bob her purse is snatched; in the ensuing chase she gets lost and enters a dressmaker shop, where the two owners are in dire need of an English-speaking girl to deliver some gowns.

Is this breezy 1926 silent comedy still worth a look for modern audiences? Short answer: yes, but only if you appreciate the frantic, unpolished energy of the Jazz Age over structured narrative logic.This film is for silent cinema completionists, fans of physical comedy, and those interested in the early career of Bebe...

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"Is this breezy 1926 silent comedy still worth a look for modern audiences? Short answer: yes, but only if you appreciate the frantic, unpolished energy of the Jazz Age over structured narrative logic.This film is for silent cinema completionists, fans of physical comedy, and those interested in the early career of Bebe Daniels; it is not for viewers who require a plot that survives basic scrutiny or those who find the 'damsel in distress' trope inherently grating.Is Stranded in Paris worth watch..."

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Fritz Jakobstetter, Louise Long, Ethel Doherty, Hans Backwitz, George Marion Jr., John McDermott, Herman J. Mankiewicz
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