Copyright 27 August 1951 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No New York opening. U.S. release: September 1951. Australian release: 22 August 1952. 6,432 feet. 71 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: An established singer (Frankie Lane) helps a young man (Jerome Courtland) build a successful career in television. — Copyright summary.
COMMENT: I suppose there must be a few of my contemporaries who are not fans of Frankie Laine, but I've yet to meet them. This film makes a pleasant enough offering for us fans. Our only complaint is that Frankie doesn't do enough singing on his own account. Jerome Courtland is okay, but Laine is the man we pay to hear!
OTHER VIEWS: A highly entertaining, all-in-color musical, Columbia Pictures' "Sunny Side of the Street", opened yesterday at the Sunnybank Theatre. Advertising for the film uses the line, "Just direct your feet to the Sunny Side of the Street", valid advice, indeed!
The new Columbia picture in SuperCineColor is a tune-filled treat, comedy-crammed and romance-loaded pleasantry. The film features eight (sic) of the greatest stars of stage, screen, radio and television: Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels, Terry Moore, Jerome Courtland and Toni Arden.
Nine songs from the all-time parade of hits are heard in Sunny Side of the Street. Laine sings three of these — the title song from the picture and "I'm Going To Live Till I Die", and he does a duet with Toni Arden in "I May Be Wrong". Other songs heard in the film are "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "Too Marvelous for Words", sung by Billy Daniels; "Let's Fall in Love" and "The Love of a Gypsy", sung by Jerome Courtland; and "Sorrento", sung by Toni Arden.
In addition to Laine's unique and popular vocalizing, so distinctive that he has been given the title "Mr Rhythm" by his fans, the picture casts him prominently as a television star who helps a would-be singer "get a break" on air.
Jerome Courtland and Terry Moore play young sweethearts in the film. The former is a singer trying to make good on television; the latter, secretary to a television executive. Acting as Courtland's agent, Miss Moore arranges an audition with Frankie Laine for the youthful vocalist, getting him a chance to sing — commercials! The high points of interest in the film are, of course, the wonderful song and dance sequences featuring Laine, Daniels, Courtland and Miss Arden. Also in the film are Audrey Long as a debutante, Dick Wesson as a television writer and Lynn Bari as Miss Moore's love-cynical room-mate.
Lee Loeb wrote the screenplay for "Sunny Side of the Street", reportedly taking advantage of the television background of the story for song-and-dance routines, and Richard Quine directed for producer Jonie Taps. - Columbia Press Release.
SYNOPSIS: An established singer (Frankie Lane) helps a young man (Jerome Courtland) build a successful career in television. — Copyright summary.
COMMENT: I suppose there must be a few of my contemporaries who are not fans of Frankie Laine, but I've yet to meet them. This film makes a pleasant enough offering for us fans. Our only complaint is that Frankie doesn't do enough singing on his own account. Jerome Courtland is okay, but Laine is the man we pay to hear!
OTHER VIEWS: A highly entertaining, all-in-color musical, Columbia Pictures' "Sunny Side of the Street", opened yesterday at the Sunnybank Theatre. Advertising for the film uses the line, "Just direct your feet to the Sunny Side of the Street", valid advice, indeed!
The new Columbia picture in SuperCineColor is a tune-filled treat, comedy-crammed and romance-loaded pleasantry. The film features eight (sic) of the greatest stars of stage, screen, radio and television: Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels, Terry Moore, Jerome Courtland and Toni Arden.
Nine songs from the all-time parade of hits are heard in Sunny Side of the Street. Laine sings three of these — the title song from the picture and "I'm Going To Live Till I Die", and he does a duet with Toni Arden in "I May Be Wrong". Other songs heard in the film are "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "Too Marvelous for Words", sung by Billy Daniels; "Let's Fall in Love" and "The Love of a Gypsy", sung by Jerome Courtland; and "Sorrento", sung by Toni Arden.
In addition to Laine's unique and popular vocalizing, so distinctive that he has been given the title "Mr Rhythm" by his fans, the picture casts him prominently as a television star who helps a would-be singer "get a break" on air.
Jerome Courtland and Terry Moore play young sweethearts in the film. The former is a singer trying to make good on television; the latter, secretary to a television executive. Acting as Courtland's agent, Miss Moore arranges an audition with Frankie Laine for the youthful vocalist, getting him a chance to sing — commercials! The high points of interest in the film are, of course, the wonderful song and dance sequences featuring Laine, Daniels, Courtland and Miss Arden. Also in the film are Audrey Long as a debutante, Dick Wesson as a television writer and Lynn Bari as Miss Moore's love-cynical room-mate.
Lee Loeb wrote the screenplay for "Sunny Side of the Street", reportedly taking advantage of the television background of the story for song-and-dance routines, and Richard Quine directed for producer Jonie Taps. - Columbia Press Release.