The Big Pond

This article is about the 1930 film. For other uses of Big Pond, see Big Pond (disambiguation).

The Big Pond
theatrical poster
Directed byHobart Henley
Written byPlay:
George Middleton
A. E. Thomas
Scenario:
Garrett Fort
Robert Presnell Sr.
Dialogue:
Preston Sturges
Produced byMonta Bell
StarringMaurice Chevalier
Claudette Colbert
CinematographyGeorge J. Folsey
Edited byEmma Hill
Music byIrving Kahal
Al Sherman
Lew Brown
Ray Henderson
Sammy Fain
Al Lewis
B. G. DeSylva
Pierre Norman
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 3, 1930 (1930-05-03)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish, French

The Big Pond is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film based on a 1928 play of the same name by George Middleton and A. E. Thomas.[1] The film was written by Garrett Fort, Robert Presnell Sr. and Preston Sturges, who provided the dialogue in his first Hollywood assignment, and was directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert, and features George Barbier, Marion Ballou, and Andrée Corday, and was released by Paramount Pictures.[2]

The Big Pond was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Maurice Chevalier. It also provided Chevalier with his first American hits "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" by Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman and Sammy Fain and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" by Al Sherman and Al Lewis.[3][2]

  1. ^ "The Big Pond". IBDB.com. Internet Broadway Database.
  2. ^ a b Reid, Danny (May 14, 2013). "The Big Pond". Pre-Code.com. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Sherman, Robert B.; Sherman, Richard M. (1998). Walt's Time. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers. ISBN 0-9646059-3-7.