Editing The Big Pond (section)

==Plot==
During a vacation in [[Venice]], Barbara Billings (Claudette Colbert), daughter of a prominent American [[chewing gum]] [[Business magnate|magnate]], falls in love with Pierre Mirande (Maurice Chevalier), a [[French people|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 (Marion Ballou) likes Pierre, her father (George Barbier) and her fiancé Ronnie (Frank Lyon) see him as a fortune-hunting foreigner.  In order to get rid of him, Barbara's father decides to give him a job doing the hardest work at his factory across the "[[Atlantic Ocean|big pond]]" in [[New York City]].

Despite doing tough work, Pierre genuinely enjoys his job, impressing his coworker (Nat Pendleton). He also captivates his landlady (Andrée Corday) and her young helper (Elaine Koch) with his Parisian charm and humor. Unfortunately, Pierre becomes exhausted from his work and falls asleep on the night that he is to attend Barbara's party. He is then [[termination of employment|fired]] when he is wrongly accused of spilling [[Prohibition in the United States|illicit rum]] on chewing gum samples.  However, the incident inspires him to devise a new product for the company – rum-flavored chewing gum. The product is a success. He wins back his job and finds favor with Barbara's father, who promotes him.

Although Pierre hopes to use his new position to marry Barbara, he neglects his relationship with her in the process. While he plans to open a new branch of the company in [[Cleveland]] and to adopt "You Brought a New Kind of Love" as a new sales jingle, a frustrated Barbara declares that she will marry Ronnie instead.  However, Pierre whisks her away in a speedboat and the two reconcile and embrace.<ref name="pre-code.com" /><ref>TCM [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68700/the-big-pond Full synopsis]</ref>