Sunny Side of the Street (1951)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Richard Quine

Writers:

Harold Conrad (story)
Lee Loeb (screenplay)

Release Date:

September 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Ted Mason is a studio guide at CBS Television in Hollywood. His ambition is to get a break and become a headline singer such as Frankie Laine...

Plot Keywords:

Television | Singer | Ambition | Competition | Dancer

Cast

Frankie Laine	...	Frankie Laine
Billy Daniels	...	Billy Daniels
Terry Moore	...	Betty Holloway
Jerome Courtland	...	Ted Mason
Toni Arden	...	Toni Arden
Audrey Long	...	Gloria Pelley
Dick Wesson	...	Dave Gibson
Lynn Bari	...	Mary
William Tracy	...	Al Little
Willard Waterman	...	John 'J.R.' Stevens
Jonathan Hale	...	Cyrus Pelley
Amanda Blake	...	Susie Manning
Benny Payne	...	Benny Payne

Runtime:

71 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Supercinecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:Approved (PCA #15086)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The use of color TV images in this film is not an anachronism. The TV station shown is a CBS affiliate, and CBS had already developed a color TV system when this film was made. Their system ultimately failed because it was incompatible - only viewers with a CBS-made color set could receive its broadcasts. The color TV system finally adopted in 1957 was developed by NBC and its broadcasts could be received on black-and-white sets, albeit not in color.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Filmed in 1951, the film has a contemporary 1951 setting, but color television broadcasts were still a thing of the future at that time; the receivers shown in the film were Zenith black and white sets, not color.

Soundtrack:

On The Sunny Side Of The Street

It's all about the music.

Columbia's B musicals with Frankie Laine-Billy Daniels, etc., were all about the music. The plots are just there to, however haltingly, keep things going. Pert Terry Moore pushes tall, gangly, handsome Jerome Courtland to become a singing star. Why not? Courtland (with solos on "Let's Fall In Love", "The Love of a Gypsy" and a duet with Laine on the title song)has a fine voice, if not the performing charisma of the two leads. Daniels, a surprise smash in his first Columbia, keeps up the good work with a warm, relaxed rehearsal in an empty night club with pianist-backup singer Benny Payne, of "Too Marvelous For Words" and "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", later goes full-tilt on "I Get A Kick Out of You". Great camera work on all of Daniels' moments. Laine also gives his usual earnest, energetic and unique approach to his songs, including "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", "I May Be Wrong" (with Toni Arden, who also gets a solo spot), and a bit of "Pennies From Heaven". Oh. Round tv screens, too! Almost impossible to find on videotape.