Sunny Side Up (1929 film)

Sunny Side Up
Directed byDavid Butler
Written byB. G. DeSylva
Lew Brown
Ray Henderson
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringJanet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
CinematographyErnest Palmer
John Schmitz
Edited byIrene Morra
Music byB. G. DeSylva
Lew Brown
Ray Henderson
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release dates
  • October 3, 1929 (1929-10-03) (New York City, premiere)
  • December 29, 1929 (1929-12-29) (US)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.19 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1]

Sunny Side Up (stylized on-screen as Sunnyside Up) is a 1929 American pre-Code Fox Movietone musical film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, with original songs, story, and dialogue by B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson. The romantic comedy/musical premiered on October 3, 1929, at the Gaiety Theatre in New York City.[2] The film was directed by David Butler, had (now-lost) Multicolor sequences, and a running time of 121 minutes.

  1. ^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M-152. ISSN 0042-2738.
  2. ^ NY Times October 4, 1929 Movie Review