Sunny (1930) DVD

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$9.99

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O10102022230

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Sunny (1930)

Director
- William A. Seiter
Writers
- Otto A. Harbach(book of play)
- Oscar Hammerstein II(book of play)
- Humphrey Pearson(screen adaptation)
Stars
- Marilyn Miller
- Lawrence Gray
- Joe Donahue
Broadway star Marilyn Miller's second starring film was an adaptation of her 1925 stage hit Sunny. Flashing her celebrated dazzling smile at every possible occasion, Miller is cast as a circus bareback rider, in love with wealthy Tom Warren (Lawrence Gray). Naturally, Tom's aristocratic family are dead set against the romance and do everything they can to degrade and our poor heroine. But Sunny prevails in the end, triumphantly marching to the altar arm and arm with her beloved Tom. The Oscar Hammerstein II-Jerome Kern score includes such lasting favorites as Who (Stole My Heart Away)? Sunny was remade by RKO in 1940 as a vehicle for Anna Neagle.

a curio, but a real disappointment

Posted by Philip on Oct 31st 2023

this film gives you a chance to see, in what were only three films that she made, this being the first, the great star of Broadway in the 1920's, Marilyn Miller. Unfortunately, this is a very poor film, although the quality of the print is good. This was Miller's first film, and it is based on one of her Broadway hit shows. But this film version of the show, only sports one hit tune from the show, "Who?", sung early on in the film. Only a few dance routines by Ms. Miller, a cast of supporting "nobodies", and a lackluster score, make this film a dud. Look for Ms. Miller's second film, "Sally", which at least gives you Joe E. Brown as a co-star, the song, "Look For the Silver Lining", and a technicolor production number, in order to get some clue as to the star quality of Marilyn Miller, who, actually, never showed anything on film at all, as to what she apparently did have on the stage.