The Sun Comes Up Movie Cast
Lassie helps an embittered woman notice happiness with an orphaned boy.
Movie Details
Also Known As
A Family unit for Jock, Sun in the Morning
Genre
Release Appointment
Feb 1949
Premiere Data
World premiere in Houston, Texas: 27 Jan 1949
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Distribution Company
Loew'southward Inc.
State
United states of america
Location
Santa Cruz, California, United states
Screenplay Information
Based on the series story Mountain Prelude by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in The Saturday Evening Post (26 Apr--31 May 1947).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 33m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound Organization)
Colour
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
8,376ft
Synopsis
Soprano Helen Lorfield Winter has been in seclusion and has not performed in an opera since the decease of her husband 3 years before. Helen has adult an obsessive devotion to her young son Hank, rarely leaving his side, but with help from her devoted concert managing director, Arthur Norton, Helen eventually overcomes her fears and agrees to return to the opera. She makes a sensational comeback, playing to a sold-out concert hall, simply the evening takes a tragic plow when Hank is struck and killed by a truck while chasing subsequently his collie, Lassie. Overcome by grief, Helen confines herself to her bed and is placed under the care of Dr. Gage. When Dr. Cuff tells Helen that she must cease avoiding children and resume her normal life, Helen makes plans to leave the metropolis and never render. Believing that Lassie had indirectly caused her son's expiry, Helen decides to go out the dog backside. She changes her listen, however, after her maid convinces her that Hank would have wanted Lassie to exist with her. After driving forth the California coast, Helen arrives at the small town of Brushy Gap, where she rents a mount house owned past writer Thomas I. Chandler. The house is managed by the town'due south full general store proprietor, Willie B. Williegoode, who tries to acquaint Helen with the rural lifestyle. Helen is reluctant to shed her big urban center means for elementary country living, but her transition is helped past a friendship she develops with a young boy named Jerry. Jerry adores Lassie and helps Helen with her chores. Despite her warm relationship with Jerry, Helen before long develops a reputation in boondocks of being unfriendly to children, thus inviting the scorn of the children and their mothers. However, the townspeople forgive Helen after she apologizes to them, and the children somewhen take her as a friend. When Helen discovers that Jerry and his friends all alive at an orphanage, she begins to suspect that Jerry is waiting for her to prefer him. To avoid the adoption issue, Helen decides get out Brushy Gap to resume her singing career. One solar day, while Helen is abroad on a short trip, Jerry falls into a river and develops pneumonia. When Helen returns to Brushy Gap, she finds Tom living in her house and caring for Jerry. Later being nursed dorsum to wellness, Jerry accepts that Helen is leaving, and tries to ease her censor by telling her that his mother lives in a nearby town and that he will return to her. Helen tries to leave Brushy Gap but returns when she hears the sounding of the town burn bong and realizes that the orphanage is on fire. While Tom and other townspeople try to extinguish the blaze, Lassie indicates that Jerry is trapped inside the burning building. Tom rescues Jerry with Lassie'due south assistance, and Jerry later admits to Tom that he lied virtually having a mother. Still, the near tragedy has prompted Helen to realize her motherly love for Jerry, and she decides to prefer him and stay in Brushy Gap.
Crew
Film Details
Also Known As
A Family for Jock, Lord's day in the Morning
Genre
Release Appointment
February 1949
Premiere Data
World premiere in Houston, Texas: 27 January 1949
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Distribution Company
Loew's Inc.
Country
Us
Location
Santa Cruz, California, Usa
Screenplay Data
Based on the serial story Mountain Prelude by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in The Saturday Evening Post (26 Apr--31 May 1947).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 33m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Audio System)
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Attribute Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
viii,376ft
Articles
The Lord's day Comes Upward
Except for a brief advent as herself in the all-star war-effort entertainment Follow the Boys (1944), Jeanette MacDonald had been off the screen for v years when she returned for a superlative-billed role in Iii Daring Daughters (1948), a showcase for MGM's new teen star Jane Powell. Although she found the working conditions - and the substantial salary - a welcome sign that she was equally of import equally ever to the studio, MacDonald's side by side picture,The Sunday Comes Upwardly (1949), proved to be her last. In information technology, she had to share the screen not with an up-and-coming younger extra but with a very popular creature star. Many considered information technology a disappointing cease to an illustrious career.
MacDonald plays an opera singer embittered over her son'south tragic death who learns to connect with other people again thanks to a relationship with a young boy who befriends her dead son's pet dog. The domestic dog was played past Lassie, the ultra-smart collie who had debuted opposite no less than Elizabeth Taylor in Lassie Come Habitation (1943). (There had been an brute actor named Lassie in the silent era as well.) The male child was played by Claude Jarman, Jr., the child star of some other heartwarming fauna story, The Yearling (1946). Jarman's casting was appropriate enough, since both the earlier movie and this one were based on stories by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
The Sun Comes Up was filmed on location 375 miles from Hollywood in the Santa Cruz mountains. MacDonald had to be under constant medication because of her astringent allergy to dogs. (Her allergies had also forced the studio to use thousands of artificial flowers in her earlier film Smilin' Through, 1941.)
The Sun Comes Up was helmed by long-time studio director Richard Thorpe, who never made any truly not bad films but whose technical proficiency and dependability put him in accuse of productions starring many of the studios biggest names, including Hedy Lamarr, Joan Crawford, and Robert Montgomery. Thorpe also has the distinction of being the original manager of The Sorcerer of Oz (1939). After a few weeks, notwithstanding, his approach was deemed unsuitable and all his footage scrapped and re-shot. After completing this picture, Thorpe was re-teamed with his canine star in Claiming to Lassie (1949), after which the pooch followed Miss MacDonald into large-screen retirement.
Although her retreat from a film career tin be blamed largely on an increasingly debilitating middle ailment (which eventually took her life at the age of 61 in 1965), MacDonald continued to make concert and Tv appearances after this. Her last radio advent was a broadcast version of this same story on Screen Guild Theater in March 1950.
The Dominicus Comes Upwards is also significant for being the first picture show scored by noted composer Andre Previn. He was barely 20 when he was given his big pause past producer Robert Sisk after working a few years every bit arranger and music director. Although he found the story "pure insanity" and thought MacDonald's phonation was "a flake peculiar," he establish the star to exist a hard-worker and "the soul of kindness." Placing his ain compositions beside those of Dvorak, Puccini and other classical composers (whose songs were sung by MacDonald in the motion-picture show), Previn's work was well-noted by Sisk and Thorpe, who used him on the Lassie sequel mentioned above. From these apprehensive ancestry, Previn went on to create noteworthy scores, adaptations and songs for such films equally Gigi (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959), Elmer Gantry (1960), and Valley of the Dolls (1967).
Director: Richard Thorpe
Producer: Robert Sisk
Screenplay: Margaret Fitts, William Ludwig, based on a story past Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Cinematography: Ray June
Editing: Irvine Warburton
Art Direction: Randall Duell, Cedric Gibbons
Original Music: Andre Previn
Cast: Lassie, Jeanette MacDonald (Helen Lorfield Wintertime), Lloyd Nolan (Thomas Chandler), Claude Jarman, Jr. (Jerry), Lewis Rock (Arthur Norton), Margaret Hamilton (Mrs. Golightly).
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past Rob Nixon
The Dominicus Comes Up
Except for a cursory appearance every bit herself in the all-star state of war-effort entertainment Follow the Boys (1944), Jeanette MacDonald had been off the screen for five years when she returned for a acme-billed role in Three Daring Daughters (1948), a showcase for MGM'south new teen star Jane Powell. Although she constitute the working weather - and the substantial salary - a welcome sign that she was as important as ever to the studio, MacDonald's side by side picture,The Sunday Comes Up (1949), proved to exist her last. In it, she had to share the screen not with an up-and-coming younger actress merely with a very popular animal star. Many considered it a disappointing end to an illustrious career. MacDonald plays an opera singer embittered over her son'southward tragic death who learns to connect with other people again thanks to a human relationship with a young boy who befriends her dead son's pet dog. The dog was played by Lassie, the ultra-smart collie who had debuted reverse no less than Elizabeth Taylor in Lassie Come Home (1943). (There had been an animal actor named Lassie in the silent era likewise.) The boy was played by Claude Jarman, Jr., the child star of some other heartwarming animal story, The Yearling (1946). Jarman's casting was appropriate enough, since both the earlier picture and this one were based on stories by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. The Dominicus Comes Up was filmed on location 375 miles from Hollywood in the Santa Cruz mountains. MacDonald had to be under abiding medication considering of her astringent allergy to dogs. (Her allergies had also forced the studio to use thousands of artificial flowers in her before movie Smilin' Through, 1941.) The Sun Comes Up was helmed past long-time studio director Richard Thorpe, who never fabricated any truly great films but whose technical proficiency and dependability put him in accuse of productions starring many of the studios biggest names, including Hedy Lamarr, Joan Crawford, and Robert Montgomery. Thorpe as well has the stardom of being the original managing director of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Later on a few weeks, all the same, his approach was deemed unsuitable and all his footage scrapped and re-shot. After completing this picture, Thorpe was re-teamed with his canine star in Claiming to Lassie (1949), after which the pooch followed Miss MacDonald into large-screen retirement. Although her retreat from a film career can be blamed largely on an increasingly debilitating heart ailment (which somewhen took her life at the age of 61 in 1965), MacDonald continued to make concert and TV appearances afterward this. Her terminal radio appearance was a broadcast version of this aforementioned story on Screen Guild Theater in March 1950. The Sun Comes Up is also significant for being the first picture scored by noted composer Andre Previn. He was barely 20 when he was given his big interruption by producer Robert Sisk later on working a few years every bit arranger and music director. Although he found the story "pure insanity" and thought MacDonald'southward vocalisation was "a bit peculiar," he found the star to be a difficult-worker and "the soul of kindness." Placing his ain compositions abreast those of Dvorak, Puccini and other classical composers (whose songs were sung past MacDonald in the movie), Previn's piece of work was well-noted by Sisk and Thorpe, who used him on the Lassie sequel mentioned in a higher place. From these humble beginnings, Previn went on to create noteworthy scores, adaptations and songs for such films equally Gigi (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959), Elmer Gantry (1960), and Valley of the Dolls (1967). Director: Richard Thorpe Producer: Robert Sisk Screenplay: Margaret Fitts, William Ludwig, based on a story past Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Cinematography: Ray June Editing: Irvine Warburton Art Direction: Randall Duell, Cedric Gibbons Original Music: Andre Previn Cast: Lassie, Jeanette MacDonald (Helen Lorfield Winter), Lloyd Nolan (Thomas Chandler), Claude Jarman, Jr. (Jerry), Lewis Stone (Arthur Norton), Margaret Hamilton (Mrs. Golightly). C-93m. by Rob Nixon
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Trivia
Notes
Working titles for this film were A Family for Jock and Sun in the Morning. A February 1948 Hollywood Reporter news item indicates that M-G-M bought the rights to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' unpublished story "A Family unit for Jock," retitled information technology "Mountain Prelude," and sold the literary rights to The Sabbatum Evening Post. The story appeared The Mail service and has never been published in novel course. A January 1947 Daily Variety news particular noted that Elizabeth Taylor, who had appeared in the commencement "Lassie" picture, was originally fix to star in The Sun Comes Upwardly. The film marked the final screen advent of Jeanette MacDonald, who left motion pictures to pursue her stage and concert hall career. Some filming took place on location in Santa Cruz, CA. The picture marked André Previn'south beginning screen credit every bit a composer. The first motion-picture show for which he received screen credit as a conductor was It Happened in Brooklyn. For more information on the "Lassie" series, consult the Series Index and run into the entry below for Lassie Come Abode.
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