To Paris with Love (1955)

Guinness plays a middle-aged, single father, Edgar Fraser, who travels with his grown son John (Vernon Gray) to Paris. The son has a plan to fix up his father with a new woman, while the father has the same designs for the son. In a strange twist of fate, the son winds up dating the older woman, Sylvia (Elina Labourdette) meant for his father, and Edgar dates the young, pretty shopgirl, Lizette (Odile Versois) intended for John.

Hamer puts Guinness through a couple of fairly forced physical situations, such as getting him stuck in a tree, or tangled in a badminton net, but otherwise the humor comes from the director's gentle, almost Lubitsch-like rhythms; occasionally he takes a moment to cut away from a scene, which changes the rhythm and makes the moment funny. That unique skill, coupled with the gorgeous color photography and the Paris atmosphere, make this an enjoyable confection.

VCI Entertainment released this on DVD, with no extras.