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Bright Eyes

  • 19211921
  • 20m
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6.2/10
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Bright Eyes (1921)
  • Short
  • Comedy
The Pennypackers are a family of social climbers. Their daughter is about to be married solely to get ahead in the world. There is another potential marriage in their household, as their hou... Read allThe Pennypackers are a family of social climbers. Their daughter is about to be married solely to get ahead in the world. There is another potential marriage in their household, as their housemaid has been proposed to by many of the other servants. Everything changes when the som... Read allThe Pennypackers are a family of social climbers. Their daughter is about to be married solely to get ahead in the world. There is another potential marriage in their household, as their housemaid has been proposed to by many of the other servants. Everything changes when the somewhat off-looking Lucky Luke Larson enters their lives. Making his wealth in oil, he is pu... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
97
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  • Directors
    • Malcolm St. Clair
    • Roy Del Ruth(uncredited)
  • Writer
    • Mack Sennett
  • Stars
    • Ben Turpin
    • Phyllis Haver
    • Billy Bevan
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  • Directors
    • Malcolm St. Clair
    • Roy Del Ruth(uncredited)
  • Writer
    • Mack Sennett
  • Stars
    • Ben Turpin
    • Phyllis Haver
    • Billy Bevan
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    Ben Turpin in Bright Eyes (1921)
    Harriet Hammond in Bright Eyes (1921)
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    Ben Turpin
    Ben Turpin
    • Luke Larson - Oil Magnateas Luke Larson - Oil Magnate
    Phyllis Haver
    Phyllis Haver
    • The Modest Maidas The Modest Maid
    Billy Bevan
    Billy Bevan
    • The Nosey Butleras The Nosey Butler
    Harriet Hammond
    Harriet Hammond
    • The Marriageable Daughteras The Marriageable Daughter
    Dot Farley
    Dot Farley
    • The Ambitious Motheras The Ambitious Mother
    Bud Ross
    Bud Ross
    • The Nearly Bankrupt Fatheras The Nearly Bankrupt Father
    • (as Budd Ross)
    John J. Richardson
    John J. Richardson
    • The Fortune Hunteras The Fortune Hunter
    • (as Jack Richardson)
    Louise Fazenda
    Louise Fazenda
    • The Golferas The Golfer
    Kalla Pasha
    • The Chefas The Chef
    George O'Hara
    George O'Hara
    • The Chauffeuras The Chauffeur
    Dave Anderson
    • Luke's Uncle - the Oil Expertas Luke's Uncle - the Oil Expert
    • (as Andy Anderson)
    James Finlayson
    James Finlayson
    • Secondary Roleas Secondary Role
    • (unconfirmed)
    • (uncredited)
    Floy Guinn
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Patrick Kelly
    • Servantas Servant
    • (uncredited)
    Gordon Lewis
    • Best Man at the Weddingas Best Man at the Wedding
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Malcolm St. Clair
      • Roy Del Ruth(uncredited)
    • Writer
      • Mack Sennett
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    The Pennypackers are a family of social climbers. Their daughter is about to be married solely to get ahead in the world. There is another potential marriage in their household, as their housemaid has been proposed to by many of the other servants. Everything changes when the somewhat off-looking Lucky Luke Larson enters their lives. Making his wealth in oil, he is purportedly the son of the Pennypacker's now deceased former business partner, whose last wish was for his son and their daughter to be wed. The Pennypacker parents are glad to oblige if only for access to his wealth and associated prestige, which leaves their daughter's current fiancé out in the cold. But Lucky Luke and the housemaid fall in love with each other. Will true love or greed triumph? —Huggo
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      • Comedy
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    Did you know

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    • Goofs
      The pendulum on the clock Luke stops by looking at it disappears in the subsequent shot.
    • Quotes

      Title Card: A family of social climbers who were on their uppers.

    • Connections
      Edited into Happy Faces (1940)

    User reviews3

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    7/10
    The Rich We Always Have With Us
    Clocks stop when Ben Turpin looks at them, and mirrors crack, but he owns all the oil wells in the Rockies, so Bud Ross and Dot Farley are determined that their daughter, Harriet Hammond, will be married to him -- until he loses all his money and takes a job with them as a maid-of-all-work.

    Sennett continues to aim his comedies at his lower class audiences in this one by showcasing the foolishness of the rich. He fills this one with his usual assortment of weird gags and over-the-top car chases at the end. I continue in my mild dislike of Ben Turpin, whose principal skill is to stand around looking cross-eyed while in an unlikely situation, but the Sennett staff built a superior comedy around him in this one.
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    • Sep 21, 2012

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 24, 1921 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Another Wedding Day
    • Production company
      • Mack Sennett Comedies
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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