Sunny Side Up (1929 film)
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Fox Film Corporation | |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2.19 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1] |
Sunny Side Up (stylized on-screen as Sunnyside Up) is a 1929 American
Plot
The film centres around a Will-they won't-they romance. Wealthy Jack Cromwell from
Cast
- Janet Gaynor as Molly Carr
- Charles Farrell as Jack Cromwell
- Marjorie White as Bea Nichols
- El Brendel as Eric Swenson
- Mary Forbes as Mrs. Cromwell
- Peter Gawthorne as Lake
- Sharon Lynn as Jane Worth
Reception
Footage from Sunny Side Up was included in the comedy film It Came from Hollywood, which parodied
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
- 2006: AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals – Nominated[6]
Music
"I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?"
Several times throughout the film Gaynor sings the tune "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?" and, on one occasion, sings it impressively, according to the (music).
The song was punned by the
An early popular recording was by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra on October 16, 1929 with a vocal group including Bing Crosby[8] and this reached the charts in 1929.[9] The tune was also recorded by John Coltrane in 1958 [10] and included on his album Bahia (1964).
"Turn on the Heat"
In addition to appearing in the Sunny Side Up, "Turn on the Heat" was recorded as a solo
"(Keep Your) Sunny Side Up"
Another song in the film that would later be used as the theme song to the 1988 British sitcom
In the 1950s, the song was used as the theme song for Sunnyside Up, a variety program produced by HSV-7 (a television station in Melbourne, Australia). The song's melody was later adapted by the Essendon Football Club for its club song, "See the Bombers Fly Up", written by Kevin Andrews in 1959.[12]
A 1929 recording of the song by Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders plays during the closing credits of the 1973 film Paper Moon.
See also
References
- ISSN 0042-2738.
- ^ NY TimesOctober 4, 1929 Movie Review
- ^ a b The Times, December 30, 1929, New Gallery Cinema "Sunny Side Up"
- ISBN 0-634-00765-3
- ^ "Collage of 10 worst films now a movie of its own", Lodi News-Sentinel, November 25, 1982. (p.8).
- ^ "AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved August 13, 2016.
- ISBN 1-903111-49-8
- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- The Complete Prestige Recordings
- ^ "The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1933". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ Davies, Bridget (April 19, 2016). "History behind every AFL club theme song". Herald Sun.
External links
- Sunny Side Up at IMDb
- I'm A Dreamer Aren't We All? sung by Billy Milton (1929) on YouTube