Sunny (1941 film)

Sunny

Directed by	Herbert Wilcox
Produced by	Merrill G. White (associate producer) Herbert Wilcox (producer)
Written by	Oscar Hammerstein II (play) Otto A. Harbach (play) Sig Herzig
Starring	See below
Music by	Anthony Collins
Cinematography	Russell Metty
Edited by	Elmo Williams
Release dates	May 30, 1941^[1]
Running time	98 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$676,000^[2]
Box office	$1,096,000^[2]

Sunny is a 1941 film American film directed by Herbert Wilcox. It was adapted by Sig Herzig from the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical play Sunny. It stars Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, John Carroll, Edward Everett Horton, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Frieda Inescort, and Helen Westley.

It is the second film version of the musical; the first was made in 1930.

Cast

Anna Neagle as Sunny O'Sullivan
Ray Bolger as Bunny Billings
John Carroll as Larry Warren
Edward Everett Horton as Henry Bates
Grace Hartman as Juliet Runnymede
Paul Hartman as Egghead
Frieda Inescort as Elizabeth Warren
Helen Westley as Aunt Barbara
Benny Rubin as Maj. Montgomery Sloan
Muggins Davies as Muggins
Richard Lane as Reporter
Martha Tilton as Queen of Hearts
Torben Meyer as Jean (head waiter)

Soundtrack

Anna Neagle and John Carroll - "D'ye Love Me?" (Music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II)
"Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms" (Music traditional, Lyrics by Thomas Moore)
Anna Neagle and Ray Bolger - "Jack Tar and Sam Gob"
Martha Tilton and chorus - "The Lady Must Be Kissed"
Danced by Ray Bolger - "Ringmaster"
Anna Neagle - "Sunny" (Music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II)
Danced by Grace Hartman and Paul Hartman - "Two Little Love Birds" (Music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II)
Danced as "The Mohache"' by Grace Hartman and Paul Hartman - "Bolero" (Written by Maurice Ravel)
Bolger also sung by Anna Neagle and John Carroll - "Who?" (Music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II)

Reception

The film made a profit of $7,000.^[2]

References

↑ "Sunny: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
1 2 3 Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56

External links

Sunny at the Internet Movie Database
Sunny is available for free download at the Internet Archive

The films of Herbert Wilcox

Chu-Chin-Chow (1923)
Southern Love (1924)
Decameron Nights (1924)
Nell Gwyn (1926)
London (1926)
Mumsie (1927)
Tip Toes (1927)
Madame Pompadour (1927)
The Only Way (1927)
Dawn (1928)
The Bondman (1929)
The Woman in White (1929)
The Loves of Robert Burns (1930)
The Chance of a Night Time (1931)
Carnival (1931)
The Blue Danube (1932)
Goodnight, Vienna (1932)
Money Means Nothing (1932)
The King's Cup (1933)
The Little Damozel (1933)
Bitter Sweet (1933)
Yes, Mr Brown (1933)
The Queen's Affair (1934)
Nell Gwyn (1934)
Peg of Old Drury (1935)
This'll Make You Whistle (1936)
Three Maxims (1936)
London Melody (1937)
Limelight (1937)
Victoria the Great (1937)
Sixty Glorious Years (1938)
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Irene (1940)
No, No, Nanette (1940)
Sunny (1941)
They Flew Alone (1942)
Forever and a Day (1943)
Yellow Canary (1943)
I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)
Piccadilly Incident (1946)
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
Spring in Park Lane (1948)
Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948)
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
Odette (1950)
Into the Blue (1950)
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
Derby Day (1952)
Trent's Last Case (1952)
Laughing Anne (1953)
Trouble in the Glen (1954)
Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
King's Rhapsody (1955)
My Teenage Daughter (1956)
These Dangerous Years (1957)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
Wonderful Things! (1958)
The Lady Is a Square (1959)
The Heart of a Man (1959)

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