Big Brown Eyes

Big Brown Eyes
Big Brown Eyes
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Written by	James Edward Grant (story); Bert Hanlon; Raoul Walsh
Produced by	Walter Wanger
Cinematography	George T. Clemens
Edited by	Robert L. Simpson
Music by	Gerard Carbonara
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 3, 1936;
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$289,696
Box office	$359,009

Big Brown Eyes is a 1936 American crime comedy film.^[2] In the film, police officer Danny Barr (Cary Grant) is chasing jewel robbers. His girlfriend Eve Fallon (Joan Bennett) is initially working as a manicurist, but quickly takes a job as a reporter assisting in the effort against the jewel thieves. Fallon and Barr become disgusted when one jewel gang member is acquitted after killing a baby in Central Park, and both leave their jobs. Soon thereafter, Fallon gets a lucky break while giving a manicure and the case is solved.

Main cast[]

Cary Grant as Det. Sgt. Danny Barr
Joan Bennett as Eve Fallon
Walter Pidgeon as Richard Morey
Lloyd Nolan as Russ Cortig
Alan Baxter as Cary Butler
Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Chesley Cole
Isabel Jewell as Bessie Blair
Douglas Fowley as Benjamin 'Benny' Battle

Reception[]

The film recorded a loss of $14,645.^[1] Critics have regarded it as "disposable"^[3] and "inconsequential"^[4] with "shoddy writing and generally uninspired performances."^[5]

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a positive review, characterizing it as "a fast well-directed and quite unsentimental gangster film, pleasantly free from emotion".^[6]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p436
^ Brody, Richard (February 10, 2015). "Movie of the Week: "Big Brown Eyes"". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
^ Vineyard, David L. (August 8, 2009). "A Movie Review". mysteryfile.com. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
^ Kellow, Brian (November 26, 2004). The Bennetts: An Acting Family. University Press of Kentucky. p. 205. ISBN 0813123291.
^ N., F.S. (May 2, 1936). "At the Capitol". New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
^ Greene, Graham (June 19, 1936). "Dangerous/Big Brown Eyes". The Spectator. (reprinted in: John Russel, Taylor, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. pp. 82. ISBN 0192812866.)

External links[]

Big Brown Eyes at IMDb
Big Brown Eyes at AllMovie

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[wagner-1] Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p436

[2] Brody, Richard (February 10, 2015). "Movie of the Week: "Big Brown Eyes"". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

[3] Vineyard, David L. (August 8, 2009). "A Movie Review". mysteryfile.com. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

[4] Kellow, Brian (November 26, 2004). The Bennetts: An Acting Family. University Press of Kentucky. p. 205. ISBN 0813123291.

[5] N., F.S. (May 2, 1936). "At the Capitol". New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

[6] Greene, Graham (June 19, 1936). "Dangerous/Big Brown Eyes". The Spectator. (reprinted in: John Russel, Taylor, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. pp. 82. ISBN 0192812866.)

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