Bright Eyes (1929 film)
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Bright Eyes is a 1929 British-Austrian romance film
directed by Géza von Bolváry
and starring Betty Balfour
, Jack Trevor
and Fritz Greiner. It is also known under the alternative title
of Champagner.
The film was a co-production between British International Pictures and Sascha-Film
. Bolváry directed the film after travelling to Britain to make The Wrecker
and stayed on to make another film, The Vagabond Queen
, before returning to Germany.
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
directed by Géza von Bolváry
Géza von Bolváry
Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :...
and starring Betty Balfour
Betty Balfour
Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"...
, Jack Trevor
Jack Trevor
Jack Trevor was an English film actor of the silent era...
and Fritz Greiner. It is also known under the alternative title
Alternative title
An alternative title is a film distribution device. Films are commonly released under a different title when they are screened or sold in a different country. This can vary from small alteration to the title, such as the addition of The, to wholesale changes...
of Champagner.
The film was a co-production between British International Pictures and Sascha-Film
Sascha-Film
Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:...
. Bolváry directed the film after travelling to Britain to make The Wrecker
The Wrecker (1928 film)
The Wrecker is a 74 minute silent film made in 1928 . The film was based on the play of the same title by Arnold Ridley. It was produced by Michael Balcon for Gainsborough Pictures, directed by Hungarian Géza von Bolváry and starred Carlyle Blackwell, Joseph Striker and Benita Hume. A...
and stayed on to make another film, The Vagabond Queen
The Vagabond Queen (film)
The Vagabond Queen is a 1929 British comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Betty Balfour, Glen Byam Shaw and Ernest Thesiger. It was the final film directed in Britain by Bolváry before he returned to Germany. It was made by British International Pictures...
, before returning to Germany.
Cast
- Betty BalfourBetty BalfourBetty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"...
- Jenny - Jack TrevorJack TrevorJack Trevor was an English film actor of the silent era...
- Jean - Fritz Greiner - Henri
- Marcel Vibert - Miguel Gomez
- Vivian Gibson - Lola
- Otto Hartmann - Marcel