| The Sun Comes Up | |
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| Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
| Produced by | Robert Sisk |
| Written by | Margaret Fitts William Ludwig Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (story) |
| Starring | Jeanette MacDonald Lloyd Nolan Claude Jarman Jr. |
| Music by | André Previn |
| Cinematography | Ray June |
| Editing by | Cotton Warburton |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | January 27, 1949 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,659,000[1] |
| Box office | $1,280,000 (Domestic earnings)[1] $764,000 (Foreign earnings)[1] |
The Sun Comes Up is a 1949 MGM Lassie picture.
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Ex-opera singer Helen Lorfield Winter (Jeanette MacDonald) rents a house in the small town of Brushy Gap, in the hills not too far from the Smokies, Blue Ridge, and Atlanta Georgia with her dog, Lassie, after the tragic death of her son. There she befriends Jerry, a young orphan (Claude Jarman Jr.). Growing attached to Jerry, but not wanting children so soon after the death of her own son, Helen leaves Brushy Gap to resume her singing career. While she is away, Jerry falls into the local river and develops pneumonia. Helen returns to Brushy Gap to find the owner of the house, Thomas Chandler (Lloyd Nolan), nursing Jerry back to health. Soon after Jerry has recovered, the orphanage catches on fire, and Lassie and Tom both rescue Jerry from the blaze. Helen then decides to adopt Jerry and remain in Brushy Gap.
Parts of The Sun Comes Up were filmed in Glenwood, California, and lumber from the set was used to build the last town post office.[2]
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