Sunnyside Up
(1929)
80 mins | Comedy-drama, Musical | 29 December 1929
Director:
David ButlerWriters:
David Butler, Buddy DeSylva , Lew Brown, Ray HendersonCinematographer:
Ernest PalmerEditor:
Irene MorraProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.Referring to the picture as Sunny Side Up, the 8 Jun 1929 Hollywood Filmograph announced that production would start immediately at Fox Studios in Los Angeles, CA, under the direction and adaptation of David Butler, and starring Janet Gaynor. A studio production chart in the 24 August 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World cited a 34 June 1929 starting date.
The musical, including “story, dialogue and song numbers,” was written by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson, who each made their feature film writing debuts with Sunnyside Up. The 26 Jun 1929 Var reported the “record high figure” of $150,000 paid to the writing team by Fox.
According to the 13 Jul 1929 Hollywood Filmograph, production was underway at Fox Studio’s “Movietone City,” where “hundreds” were reportedly filming opening sequences in the “Yorkville section” of the New York City set, which replicated a “middle class" neighborhood.
The 15 Jun 1929 Hollywood Filmograph stated that youngster Artye Folz had been cast in the film. Additional child actors, Anna Lou Gazzelle, Adeline Craig, Jackie Searl, and Virginia Wiseman, were listed in the 20 Jul 1929, 10 Aug 1929, and 17 Aug 1929 editions of Hollywood Filmograph, although none were credited in reviews. The 3 Jul 1929 Var item noted that Jack Young was assisting Seymour Felix with dance staging.
The 21 Aug 1929 Var announced that principal photography was nearing completion, and the crew was “working nights on the big water carnival splash.” Seymour Felix choreographed a number in a “mammoth tank” fitted with a “heavy glass top,” where the dancers would perform ...
Referring to the picture as Sunny Side Up, the 8 Jun 1929 Hollywood Filmograph announced that production would start immediately at Fox Studios in Los Angeles, CA, under the direction and adaptation of David Butler, and starring Janet Gaynor. A studio production chart in the 24 August 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World cited a 34 June 1929 starting date.
The musical, including “story, dialogue and song numbers,” was written by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson, who each made their feature film writing debuts with Sunnyside Up. The 26 Jun 1929 Var reported the “record high figure” of $150,000 paid to the writing team by Fox.
According to the 13 Jul 1929 Hollywood Filmograph, production was underway at Fox Studio’s “Movietone City,” where “hundreds” were reportedly filming opening sequences in the “Yorkville section” of the New York City set, which replicated a “middle class" neighborhood.
The 15 Jun 1929 Hollywood Filmograph stated that youngster Artye Folz had been cast in the film. Additional child actors, Anna Lou Gazzelle, Adeline Craig, Jackie Searl, and Virginia Wiseman, were listed in the 20 Jul 1929, 10 Aug 1929, and 17 Aug 1929 editions of Hollywood Filmograph, although none were credited in reviews. The 3 Jul 1929 Var item noted that Jack Young was assisting Seymour Felix with dance staging.
The 21 Aug 1929 Var announced that principal photography was nearing completion, and the crew was “working nights on the big water carnival splash.” Seymour Felix choreographed a number in a “mammoth tank” fitted with a “heavy glass top,” where the dancers would perform ballet as if they were “dancing on water.”
Sunnyside Up premiered on Broadway at New York City’s Gaiety Theatre on 3 Oct 1929, according to the 2 Oct 1929 Var.
The 9 Oct 1929 Var review indicated that Winfield R. Sheehan was the producer, although he was not credited elsewhere. Ticket prices were listed as $5.50, and the picture was deemed “a musical of a high order,” and “hugely entertaining.”
Sunnyside Up was fully restored by The Film Foundation, an organization founded in 1990 by director Martin Scorsese.
Young society man Jack Cromwell is summering at the fashionable resort of Southampton, New York, while orphaned Molly Carr lives in the bustling, middle-class section of Yorkville. Each locale is introduced at a Fourth of July party. When Jack complains to his Molly that his flapper girl friend, Jane, is reluctance to marry him, Molly suggests she that visit Southampton, posing to be a society girl, to make Jane jealous. His plan works. However, Jack realizes at length that he loves Molly--all of which provides opportunities for singing and dancing ...
Young society man Jack Cromwell is summering at the fashionable resort of Southampton, New York, while orphaned Molly Carr lives in the bustling, middle-class section of Yorkville. Each locale is introduced at a Fourth of July party. When Jack complains to his Molly that his flapper girl friend, Jane, is reluctance to marry him, Molly suggests she that visit Southampton, posing to be a society girl, to make Jane jealous. His plan works. However, Jack realizes at length that he loves Molly--all of which provides opportunities for singing and dancing numbers.
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