Sunny (Warner Bros.) (1930)

y ; : s , = > 1 wed CS LENGTH (Vitaphone) -. 7256 Feet RUNNING = TIME 80 Minutes Order Your TRAILER NOW! DHONE REG. TRADE MARK —_— PICTURES NATIONAL PICTURES 321 WEST 44th STREET NEW YORK, CITY, U.S. A. wHote Town SUNNY” ITH MARILYN MILLER | STAR OF “‘SUNNY”’ Brief Outline of the SUMMARY Story of “Sunny” “Sunny” is a delightful comedy(Publication Prohibited ) e eee : romance in which Marilyn Miller . _fom_ Warren and some of his friends visit the circus in which enacts the same role she played on Sunny is a dancer and performer. the stage. It will appeal to every 4 They have met previously and ° ° aN Sunny has fallen in love with Tom, class and type of audience. Marilyn 4 though he has never realized his Miller sings and dances which 18 love for her. Wendell-Wendell, who part of the story The story opens also loves Sunny, has obtained her = ‘ : S father's consent to their marriage, in a circus, but most of the plot is enbut shee Sumuiy hears ofthis she acted on board an ocean liner and indignantly refuses and threatens e ° : ms bee te a in the center of Long Island society. Sunny reawakens but he tells her It has “family patronage’”’ appeal! he has time only to say hello and goodbye as he has to make the boat. ‘on Peters, Sunny’s fat ver, has taken her clothes away so she goes in eas ee . AGRE __uance rurR er clown costume to see Tom o ss eer r for America. On the same boat INSTITUTIONAL COPY is Jim, who is in love with Weenie. rd She has promised to wait for Jim. os : Peters has also gone to the boat Sunny” gives you a chance to step out of the oe ee to negotiate the sale of Sunny’s usual “picture exploitation” and sell your institu1 new Sweet= 5 i heart Of The| dog. One of the officers, mistaking tion. “Sunny” is the kind of a picture that builds Sees Fis title| Sunny for a stevedore, commands invaluable prestige, but you can carry it further by | her to hurts wlilk the loading of using the following ideas in your advertising :— the boat, and she walks on board Cut No. 1 Se hae i yee fidag « loaded Nenad uck You sell the “comfortably pies idea in the Mat roc The crowd learns that a stowaway summertime, why not sell the “‘comfortably boy is on board and everyone conwarm” idea in the winter? The following tributes to pay for his passage. z R @) U T I N E S T OR Y Then they discover that it is Sunny, copy will do the trick: and she is induced to act as dancer : Ss een and entertainer to pay for her pasStep out of the cold and into the (This contains all the dope on “Sunny” and is prepared for release sage. Fite is put to work swabwarmth of ““Sunny’s” radiant charms! within two or three days before the picture comes to your theatre.) bing decks. Sunny learns that she re = ° < aie z cannot enter America without a The brightest spot in town. Glowing t, but is determi : i i i i Marilyn Miller will ride to added fame in her most successful vehicle, tae rs elas es ene with the radiance of Marilyn Miller as “Sunny,” when it arrives at the ........... RROGUCE OU WORT. a ce Fe ; ‘ ORR Aae ae lo *Sunny.” Beeoraseg to: Manager...) 4. ec he is engaged to Marcia Manners. Peters accuses Jim of having lured You'll forget the cold in the sunshine her aboard and tells Sunny that un less Jim does the right thing by her, she will have to go back to If Winter Comes—Sunny will turn on the heat! We oe ee who saw a preview of the picture a few days ago, said ib is without a doubt the greatest work that this great little star has done. The film version adheres faithfully to the story outline which distinguished the stage musical comedy, and Manager ................. is dent of the picture’s amusement value. @.story is that of a little English girl in a circus, played by yn Miller. She loves a rich young scion of the aristocracy, but m-» quite unaware of the depth of her feelings. In fact he scarcely ~Bives her a thought, and is himself engaged to a girl who has been brought up. with him. The little girl of the circus merely amuses him. _ The action develops to the point where the wealthy young man (Lawrence Gray) comes to realize the affection of the petite circus per_ former—comes to realize it and to reciprocate it. The realization comes just at the time Sunny is about to marry a fellow-performer who is _ going to America. She, too, wants to go to America because she cannot stand England, where her love is not returned. And go she persuades _ Joe Donahue to marry her so that she can enter the States as a married woman under the immigration laws. “a ‘The exciting, romantic climax that takes place at this point will v have a universal appeal, Manager ............ assures patrons of the Se =....... Theatre. First National has spared no expense in preparing moviegoers for the big moment of this big picture, he said yesterday. __ Im addition to the star and the supporting male lead, Lawrence Gray, _ there are such well-known and capable stage and screen celebrities as of her smile! England and marry Wendell-Wendell. Jim agrees to the marriage so that Sunny may enter America, but the marriage is to be immediately annulled. In England, WendellWendell tells Weenie of Jim’s perfidy. | Jim has established a gymnasium § at a popular resort and is getting THE TEN STAR CAST! a divorce from Sunny. Weenie and Wendell-Wendell come to the gymLook over the names. Everyone means nasium and Jim vainly tries to exmoney. Give them ALL a play wherever plain the situation to her. When Marcia hears Sunny tell Tom that she knows he loves her, she states that their engagement will be anSunny PRE, SORE OPES PRE ato ne RE Se NGL LEO Ba MARILYN MILLER nounced at the fox hunt ball that Lome W arrens ss eS Lawrence Gray night. ~ inez Courtney, of the Broadway stage; Joe Donahue, brother of the late] Sunny dances at the ball ee a ee Joe Donahue * a Donahue; O. P. Heggie, Judith Vosselli, Clyde Cook, Barbara Bedsays goodbye to Jim, tells him to W endell-Wendell....... Mackenzie Ward Se ‘and any number of genuine circus stars. The music is the product _ of the genius of Jerome Kern, whose “Who?”, which made a nation sing, | °2” goodbye to Tom for her as she Polers ee ee ee O. P. Heggie emains in the film version of “Sunny,” and who has written a new, |" "eturning to England. When Tom SOW COLE eee Inez Courtney | special song for Miss Miller. He worked in collaboration with Oscar | learns this, he tells Jim that he is ; poe ed II. William A. Seiter directed the picture. The musical] going to explain things to Marcia,|| Marcia Manners Barbara Bedford | direction was the work of Erno Rapee; Theodore Kosloff, formerly of the | but she overhears him and says that Bite Sa ee a. ee ee eee Judith Vosselli ian Imperial Ballet, directed Miss Miller’s dances. it will not be necessary inasmuch Ren eg Clyde Cook sunny” was viewed by several satisfied millions during its three-year | as she knows he loves Sunny: Thee SS See H Alle aa poosdom eo in He “ae and by many osenes engagement is broken. Tom rushes The Barker: = 2 a eee arry n s trilumphan our of other eities. GL POT nape aie i wee and | « ° * ° ° UR 7 are ee sed to greet extra-capacity Res as nhike oe PS a8 Wendell is loading First Oftter 3 William Davidson uring the cinema run of “Sunny.” The play was adapted by Sunny’s bags into a car and proSecond -O ficer = Ben Hendricks, Jr. earson and Henry McCarty. Ernest Haller was in charge | Poses to her—and, of course, she : ra work and LeRoy Stone edited the film. accep <8, A. Page One