Acting
Marilyn Miller's megawatt stage charisma barely contained by early sound cameras.
Production
Lavish Busby Berkeley-esque numbers squeezed into 78 pre-code minutes.
Director
William A. Seiter
Marilyn Miller
Sunny Peters
Lawrence Gray
Tom Warren
Joe Donahue
Jim Denning
O. P. Heggie
Peters
Inez Courtney
'Weenie'
Barbara Bedford
Margaret Manners
Judith Vosselli
Sue
Clyde Cook
Sam
Mackenzie Ward
Wendell-Wendell
Harry Allen
Side Show Barker
William B. Davidson
First Ship's Officer
Jay Eaton
Man 'Weenie' Flirts with at Ball
Bill Elliott
One of Tom's War Buddies
June Gittelson
Mrs. Hammerslagger
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Second Ship's Officer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marilyn Miller was Broadway's biggest star but made only three films—Sunny preserves her electric stage presence that made Florenz Ziegfeld obsessed.
The 1925 stage version made Miller the highest-paid performer in Broadway history; this 1930 film was her attempt at screen immortality before she quit movies forever.
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