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1930 film

Sunny Skies

Directed by	Norman Taurog
Written by	George Cleveland
Story by	A. P. Younger
Produced by	Phil Goldstone
Starring	Benny Rubin Marceline Day Marjorie Kane
Cinematography	Arthur Reeves
Edited by	Clarence Kolster
Music by	Al Short
Production company	Tiffany Pictures
Distributed by	Tiffany Pictures
Release date	May 18, 1930 (1930-05-18)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Sunny Skies is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, starring Benny Rubin and Marceline Day and produced by Tiffany Pictures. It is notable for a same-sex romantic subplot, involving a young man's tragically unrequited love for his football hero roommate.

Plot

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Cast

Benny Rubin as Benny Krantz
Marceline Day as Mary Norris
Rex Lease as Jim Grant
Marjorie Kane as Doris
Harry Lee as Papa Krantz
Wesley Barry as Stubble
Greta Granstedt as College Widow
Robert Livingston as Dave
James Wilcox as Smith
Eddy Chandler as Coach

Preservation status

The film is preserved at the Library of Congress, and is available from the Alpha Video label and can be viewed online at Internet Archive.

References

Sunny Skies details, afi.com; accessed September 13, 2015.
Sunny Skies, a Lost Gay Classic from 1930, glencram.com; accessed May 28, 2018.
Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.177 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

External links

Sunny Skies at IMDb
AllMovie.com
Sunny Skies available for free download at Internet Archive

v t e Films directed by Norman Taurog
Lucky Boy (1929) The Diplomats (1929) In Holland (1929) The Medicine Men (1929) Troopers Three (1930) Sunny Skies (1930) Hot Curves (1930) Follow the Leader (1930) Finn and Hattie (1931) Skippy (1931) Forbidden Adventure (1931) Huckleberry Finn (1931) Sooky (1931) Hold 'Em Jail (1932) The Phantom President (1932) If I Had a Million (segments "Prologue" and "Epilogue", 1932) A Bedtime Story (1933) The Way to Love (1933) We're Not Dressing (1934) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) College Rhythm (1934) The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1936) Strike Me Pink (1936) Rhythm on the Range (1936) Reunion (1936) Fifty Roads to Town (1937) You Can't Have Everything (1937) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) Mad About Music (1938) Boys Town (1938) The Girl Downstairs (1938) Lucky Night (1939) Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) Young Tom Edison (1940) Little Nellie Kelly (1940) Men of Boys Town (1941) Design for Scandal (1941) Are Husbands Necessary? (1942) A Yank at Eton (1942) Presenting Lily Mars (1943) Girl Crazy (1943) The Hoodlum Saint (1946) The Beginning or the End (1947) The Bride Goes Wild (1948) Big City (1948) Words and Music (1948) That Midnight Kiss (1949) Please Believe Me (1950) The Toast of New Orleans (1950) Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950) Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) Room for One More (1952) Jumping Jacks (1952) The Stooge (1953) The Stars Are Singing (1953) The Caddy (1953) Living It Up (1954) You're Never Too Young (1955) The Birds and the Bees (1956) Pardners (1956) Bundle of Joy (1956) The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1958) Onionhead (1958) Don't Give Up the Ship (1959) Visit to a Small Planet (1960) G.I. Blues (1960) All Hands on Deck (1961) Blue Hawaii (1961) Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) Palm Springs Weekend (1963) Tickle Me (1965) Sergeant Deadhead (1965) Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) Spinout (1966) Double Trouble (1967) Speedway (1968) Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)

Films directed by Norman Taurog

Lucky Boy (1929)
The Diplomats (1929)
In Holland (1929)
The Medicine Men (1929)
Troopers Three (1930)
Sunny Skies (1930)
Hot Curves (1930)
Follow the Leader (1930)
Finn and Hattie (1931)
Skippy (1931)
Forbidden Adventure (1931)
Huckleberry Finn (1931)
Sooky (1931)
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
The Phantom President (1932)
If I Had a Million (segments "Prologue" and "Epilogue", 1932)
A Bedtime Story (1933)
The Way to Love (1933)
We're Not Dressing (1934)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
College Rhythm (1934)
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1936)
Strike Me Pink (1936)
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
Reunion (1936)
Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
You Can't Have Everything (1937)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Mad About Music (1938)
Boys Town (1938)
The Girl Downstairs (1938)
Lucky Night (1939)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Young Tom Edison (1940)
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Men of Boys Town (1941)
Design for Scandal (1941)
Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)
A Yank at Eton (1942)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
Girl Crazy (1943)
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
The Beginning or the End (1947)
The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
Big City (1948)
Words and Music (1948)
That Midnight Kiss (1949)
Please Believe Me (1950)
The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
Room for One More (1952)
Jumping Jacks (1952)
The Stooge (1953)
The Stars Are Singing (1953)
The Caddy (1953)
Living It Up (1954)
You're Never Too Young (1955)
The Birds and the Bees (1956)
Pardners (1956)
Bundle of Joy (1956)
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1958)
Onionhead (1958)
Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
G.I. Blues (1960)
All Hands on Deck (1961)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
Palm Springs Weekend (1963)
Tickle Me (1965)
Sergeant Deadhead (1965)
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
Spinout (1966)
Double Trouble (1967)
Speedway (1968)
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)

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