Sunny


1h 17m 1930
Sunny

Brief Synopsis

A showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.

Film Details

Genre
Musical
Adaptation
Comedy
Release Date
Nov 9, 1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Sunny , book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Jerome Kern (New York, 22 Sep 1925).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 17m
Sound
Vitaphone
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
7,256ft (9 reels)

Synopsis

Sunny, a circus performer pledged by her father to marry an Englishman (Wendell-Wendell) she does not love, becomes a stowaway on an ocean liner to America, along with her father, Peters. Sunny is obliged to act as dancer and entertainer to pay her passage, while her father is put to swabbing decks. Aboard is Tom Warren, the man she loves; but he is engaged to Marcia Manners. In order to be near him and to enter the United States without a passport, she marries his best friend, Jim Deming, in name only, planning to divorce him soon after landing. Meanwhile Jim establishes a popular gymnasium resort but is put in a difficult position when his former fiancée, Weenie, and Wendell-Wendell arrive from England. When Marcia hears Sunny tell Tom that she knows he loves her, Marcia declares that their engagement will be announced at the hunt ball that very night. At the ball, Sunny announces her plans to return to England, but Tom proposes just as she is about to leave.

Film Details

Genre
Musical
Adaptation
Comedy
Release Date
Nov 9, 1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Sunny , book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Jerome Kern (New York, 22 Sep 1925).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 17m
Sound
Vitaphone
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
7,256ft (9 reels)

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