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Sunny Side Up (1929)

Sunny Side Up poster
Directed by
David Butler
Genre
comedy film, musical film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 01m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman and a wealthy man from different backgrounds meet and fall in love. They navigate their class differences through songs and comedic situations.

lightheartedupbeatromanticwhimsicalold-fashionedmusicalfeel-goodenergetic

What happens

Sunny Side Up (stylized on-screen as Sunnyside Up) is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code Fox Movietone film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, with original songs, story, and dialogue by B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson. The film features a color sequences in the Multicolor process. The romantic comedy/musical premiered on October 3, 1929, at the Gaiety Theatre in New York City. The film was directed by David Butler and has a running time of 121 minutes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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