Sunbonnet Sue

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Movie
Original title Sunbonnet Sue
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1945
length 89 minutes
Rod
Director Ralph Murphy
script Ralph Murphy,
Richard A. Carroll
production Scott R. Dunlap
music Edward J. Kay
(musical director)
camera Harry Neumann
cut Richard C. Currier
occupation

Sunbonnet Sue is an American romantic musical comedy directed by Ralph Murphy from 1945. Gale Storm stars alongside Phil Regan , George Cleveland , Alan Mowbray , Minna Gombell and Edna M. Holland , who are all cast in leading roles.

The original story goes back to Paul Gerard Smith and Bradford Ropes and a prologue by Sidney Sutherland.

action

Sue Casey worked in her father Matt's saloon in the Bowery section of the Lower East Side in New York in the 1890s . Her aunt Julia Ross, who is straight up the social ladder, fears for her social status if her friends find out that Sue is her niece and is aiming for a career in show business. In addition, Sue's appearances could lead her friends to learn about her own humble family background. The situation comes to a head when Julia, her boyfriend Jonathan and her butler Masters are thrown out of his saloon by Flaherty, the right hand of Sue's father, after they disrupted operations and tried to force Sue to leave the Bowery.

Elections are about to be held that will split the district politically. Matt Casey and the Irish residents support Danny Dooley, the Italian immigrants, however, support Pete Milano, while Julia supports the corrupt Tammany Hall candidate Joe Feeney, who actually wins the election. The consequence of this is that the now competent authorities revoke Casey's license to serve alcohol and close the saloon for him. The local priest, Father Hurley, tells Sue that her father's saloon will be reopened if she agrees to leave the Bowery and move in with Juliet's apartment on Fifth Avenue . In the interests of her father, Sue agrees to the proposal, whereupon Julia throws a housewarming party for her niece. There, however, Danny Dooley and Sue's father appear, who want to bring Sue back to the Bowery, which leads to a fight.

Julia is convinced that her standing in the better society will be irreparably destroyed once and for all, especially since Governor Fitzgerald and his wife are her guests. To her surprise, however, she learns that Mrs. Fitzgerald is an old friend of Casey's and grew up in the Bowery. Now nothing stands in the way of Sue's return to her home and back to Danny, whom she loves. Casey's license is also secure, and Julia retains the social status that is so important to her.

production

Production notes

The Scott R. Dunlap production was produced by Monogram Productions Inc. It was shot from April 23 to the end of May 1945. According to a message in the film industry magazine The Hollywood Reporter from October 1944, the actress Elyse Knox was originally supposed to play the leading role as Sue Casey play.

Soundtrack

  • Sunbonnet Sue , music: Gus Edwars, text: Will D. Cobb
  • School Days , music: Gus Edwards, text: Will D. Cobb
  • On the Old See-Saw by Gus Edwards
  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon , music: Gus Edwards, text: Edward Madden
  • Donegal by Steve Graham
  • If I Had My Way , music: James Kendis, text: Lou Klein
  • Look for the Rainbow by Ralph Murphy and Harold Lewis
  • Roll Dem Bones
  • The Bowery , music: Percy Gaunt, text: Charles Hale Hoyt
  • Yip-I-Addy-IA y, music: John H. Flynn, text: Will D. Cobb
  • Oh! Eva (Ain't You Comin 'Out Tonight?) , Music: Harry Warren, text: Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie

Musically, the aforementioned and Edward J. Kay also contributed to the film : Charles B. Lawlor, James W. Blake, Robert A. Keizer, Ed Haley and Carson Robison .

publication

The film, the working title of which was Belle of the Bowery , premiered in the United States on October 6, 1945. In Mexico it was published on July 4, 1946 under the title Ojos sonrientes . It was also published in Brazil under the title Granfinos de Improviso and in Czechoslovakia under the title Newyorkské Predméstí . The film, of which there is no German dubbed version, has not been released in Germany.

reception

criticism

On the Dutch website vpro cinema , the film received three out of five possible stars and the rating: assembly line musical about the 'gay nineties', led by the rousing Gale Storm in the lead role of a singer in her father's shop.

On the TV Guide page, there is talk of a fun farce that brings a lot of musical numbers that would be reminiscent of the good old days. In the course of the upheavals in the industry at the time, it was said that Monogram had tried to upgrade itself with this film. The studio showed great talent, the film could have come from a larger studio.

The Movie & Video Guide called the film a cheap film musical about the happy 1890s, enhanced by the lively Storm in the title role .

For Halliwell's Film Guide , Sunbonnet Sue was an old-fashioned family film for the plain-knitted .

Award

Edward J. Kay was nominated for an Oscar with his musical score for the film in 1946 in the category "Best Film Music" , but George E. Stoll was able to take it home with him for his music for the musical film Vacation in Hollywood .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sunbonnet Sue Full Credits on the page TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English).
  2. ↑ Sunbonnet Sue Original Print Information on the page TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English).
  3. ↑ Sunbonnet Sue Notes on the page TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English).
  4. ↑ Sunbonnet Sue see page vpro.nl (Dutch). Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  5. ↑ Sunbonnet Sue see page tvguide.com (English). Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  6. ^ In the original: "Programmer musical of the gay 90s, enhanced by bouncy Storm in title role."
    Sunbonnet Sue. In: Leonard Maltin : Movie & Video Guide, 1996 edition, p. 1270.
  7. ↑ In the original: "Old-fashioned family movie for the innocent-minded."
    Sunbonnet Sue. In: Leslie Halliwell : Halliwell's Film Guide, Seventh Edition, New York 1989, p. 977.