Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Sunnyside Up (1929).


Sunnyside Up (1929). is a Fox Movietone movie musical with original songs, story, and dialogue by B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson. The romantic comedy/musical, which starred Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Directed by David Butler. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together: Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929). Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927). The cinematography and special effects are impressive.

The story begins with a birds eye view of a lower East Side street, showing the people getting ready for the 4th of July celebration. While Jack Cromwell, a Long Island millionaire drives his car through the neighborhood, ends up losing control of his car to avoid hitting a child. Molly, lives above a grocery store. The young couple from different backgrounds meet at a block party. He asks her to return to Southhampton with him to make his fiancee jealous. His plan works, but in the process, they fall in love...

The color sequence contained three musical numbers of which one has become a total classic. Turn On The Heat, one of the best production numbers made that reminded me a little of Busby Berkeley musical number. A lively chorus transform the arctic cold set, complete with igloos in to a tropical setting. One of the oddest musical numbers I have ever seen.

Soundtracks:


•"(I'M A DREAMER) AREN'T WE ALL?"
Music by Ray Henderson
Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
Sung and played on autoharp by Janet Gaynor

•"YOU FIND THE TIME AND I'LL FIND THE PLACE"
Music by Ray Henderson
Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
Sung by Sharon Lynn

•"YOU'VE GOT ME PICKIN' PETALS OFF O' DAISIES"
Music by Ray Henderson
Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
Sung and danced by Marjorie White and Frank Richardson


•"SUNNY SIDE UP"
Music by Ray Henderson
Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
Sung with chorus and danced by Janet Gaynor
Reprised by Frank Richardson and Marjorie White


•"TURN ON THE HEAT"
Music by Ray Henderson
Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
Sung by Sharon Lynn and danced by chorus


•"IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU"
Music by Ray Henderson
Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
Sung by Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor with child chorus

•"IT'S GREAT TO BE NECKED"
Music by Ray Henderson
Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
Sung by Marjorie White

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