The Big Pond (1930)
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Directors
Hobart Henley
Cast
Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, George Barbier, Marion Ballou
The story
left|thumb|thumbtime=13|The Big Pond (1930) During a vacation in Venice, Barbara Billings, daughter of a prominent American chewing gum magnate, falls in love with Pierre Mirande, a French tour guide from a noble family that lost its fortune during World War I. Pierre loves Barbara in return and sings to her that "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me". Although Barbara's mother likes Pierre, her father and her fiancé Ronnie see him as a fortune-hunting foreigner.
Genres
Romantic Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy
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