Sunny Side Up (1926 film)

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Sunny Side Up
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Directed by Donald Crisp
Written by Beulah Marie Dix
Elmer Harris
Based on Sunny Ducrow
by Henry St. John Cooper
Starring Vera Reynolds
Edmund Burns
George K. Arthur
Cinematography J. Peverell Marley
Production
company
De Mille Pictures Corporation
Distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • August 2, 1926 (1926-08-02)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Sunny Side Up is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Vera Reynolds, Edmund Burns, and George K. Arthur. [1] [2]

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It is also known by the alternative title of Footlights. It is based on the novel Sunny Ducrow by Henry St. John Cooper. [3]

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References

  1. Stumpf p. 124
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: Sunny Side Up at silentera.com
  3. "Sunny Side Up (1926)". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2021.

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