The Big Pond Movie

The Big Pond
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Run Time: 78 min
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Released: 1930
Directors: Hobart Henley
Genre/Type: Comedy
Musical
Romance
Producers: Monta Bell
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Le Grande Mare is the French-language version of Paramount's The Big Pond (1930), with Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert in their original roles as Pierre Mirande and Barbara Billings. Pierre is a Venetian tour guide, who falls in love with wealthy American tourist Barbara. Her male relatives think that Pierre is merely a fortune-hunter, but Barbara's mom persuades her husband to give Pierre a job in his chewing-gum factory. The menfolk finally approve of Barbara's choice when Pierre comes up with the brilliant, money-making idea of coating the gum with liquor! Both La Grande Mare and The Big Pond were filmed simultaneously at Paramount's Long Island studios, but if the stars were tired out by this procedure, one would never know it from their enthusiastic performances.

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Cast

Actors Character Born
Andree Corday Toinette
Claudette Colbert Barbara Billings Sep 13, 1903 in Paris, France
George Barbier Mr. Billings Nov 9, 1865 in Philadelphia, PA
Maurice Chevalier Pierre Mirande Sep 12, 1888 in Paris, France
Marion Ballou Mrs. Billings
Maude Allen Mrs. Billings (French version) Nov 30, 1887 in Middleborough, MA
Frank Lyon Ronnie
Nat Pendleton Pat O'Day Aug 9, 1895 in Davenport, IA
Elaine Koch Jennie

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