This was a movie I had first seen on VHS tape after recording this on that from the AMC Film Preservation Festival the network had during the '90s when the focus that week was on musicals. Just watched it again on YouTube. It was a pretty charming story of a tenement girl (Janet Gaynor) who ends up falling for a rich person (Charles Farrell). I'll stop there and just say that while what happens during the story is the stuff of clichés, the performances of them and the supporting cast was quite charming throughout and the songs and musical numbers were entertaining enough, even today. I read that part of the picture was originally in color. I'm guessing it was the "Turn on The Heat" number which had plenty of scantily clad women dancing up a storm. Also liked the funny turns by Marjorie White and El Brendel. And if you're an Our Gang fan, there's a cameo of a future member here-Jackie Cooper. So on that note, I recommend Sunnyside Up.
Review of Sunny Side Up
Sunny Side Up
(1929)
Sunnyside Up is still quite a charming musical from the early talkie era
8 October 2014