Artists and Models Abroad (UK title: Stranded in Paris) is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Jack Benny, Joan Bennett and Mary Boland.

Caught up in Mrs. Channing's need to behave ‘proper’ Patricia expresses her wish to live a normal life and enjoy simple mundane things.

This is where Elliott meets the American dance troupe, led by Buck Boswell (Jack Benny), asking for an emergency fare back to the U.S. Elliott declares that there is no such contingency in the budget for such an occasion (or else no one would buy a return flight home) and wishes them luck before, presumably, returning to dinner.

Buck then promises the troupe that he'll get them back and brings them to an expensive hotel on the premise that they don't have the money to pay for it regardless so they might as well live it up.

Upon their arrival, Buck and The Yacht Club Boys (named Swifty, Dopey, Jimmy, and Kelly in the film) convince the owner of the hotel that they have money and are used to paying at the end of their stay instead of the beginning.

They go back to the hotel, and Patricia pretends to be suicidal to lure the staff to the roof, so the troupe can grab the keys to get their belongings from their rooms.

After this, the staff wises up and calls the police on the troupe, joined by Patricia's’ father, who found her after she let Mrs. Channing know she wasn't coming home.

The first three models cast were Marie De Forest, Harriette Haddon, and Norma Thelan; Leroy Prinz said of them: "I consider these three girls to have the most perfect figures of the current beauty crop.

"[2] In the Spanish magazine Cine--Mundial it is mentioned that in one of the pool scenes they used foam instead of water in order to prevent the actresses from getting sick.

5 in May 1938, Mary Boland and Joan Bennett were added to the film whose name was confirmed as "Artists & Models Abroad".

In July 1938, the cast was augmented and Evelyn Keys was brought in to play Marie Antoinette in a beauty pageant.

This being a sequel to the successful Artists & Models, Paramount promoted this film heavily for its holiday release.

[7] "Few came to see it, less liked the show" - H. Workman (Shakopee, Minn) "The lowest grosses in 6 months and the picture didn't deserve better" -R. Lee (Covington, Ohio) "The cast should go to Paris, and stay there" - S. Roberts (Camden, ME) "A gay and irrepressible comedy..." - Silver Screen[8]