The opening sequence and the street scenes were filmed in a studio.
Across the film's original posters it read "All Talking! All Singing!" This was false advertisement as the film used techniques of silent cinema, too.
This was René Clair's first sound film, and it opened at the Moulin Rouge.
American premiere was at the Little Carnegie Playhouse in New York on 15 December 1930.
(New York Evening Post,15 December 1930)
The opening song lasts nine minutes.
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By what name was Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) officially released in India in English?
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