"SUNNY SIDE UP" AT GAIETY DE LUXE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 71, 26 April 1930, Page 2

"SUNNY SIDE UP" AT GAIETY DE LUXE.

Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell will score a new sensation to-night at the Gaiety De Luxe Theatre when they make their audible screen musical comedy debut in "Sunny Side Up." This tuneful light comedy-drama, wi'itten by de Sylva, Brown and Henderson, bas placed tbe young Fox Movietone stars on a new pinnacle, utterlv different bnt in tlie same high altitnde as did their performance in "Seventh Heaven." Tlie dainty, wistful little Janet proves her versatility by playing a comedy role, broad in spots, and again on the border land of patbos. She sings, she dances, she talks, and she does it all with that foii"b of pfpnius tbnt bas raisod her from the rear ranks of extra girls to tlie front rank of tlie ureatest srars in ihe entertairtment -world. Farrell, too, is called upon to enact an entirely different sort of role tlian he qver essayed before and he does it with a dash and finish that stamps him as a superlative actor. Farrell, also, bnrsts forth into song and if the enthusiasm oi other opening night audiences is any criterioHj the public will demand that he sing in every production he makes in the future. DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, long known for their musical comedy hits on Broadway, have eontrived a story that holds interest from the opening scene to the final fade_ out. The comedy is smait, sophisticated and of the sort that fre-" quently set the audience off in spontaneoug hursts of laughter. The dance ensemhles, surprisingly novel, are the work of Seymour Felix, while David Butler was the pictorial director. There are at least seven tremendous song hits in "Sunny Side Up," includifig "A Talking Picture of Ydu," "Sunny Side Up," "I'm a Dreamer," "Turn On the Heat," "You Find the Time, I'll Fmd the Place," and "You've Got iMe Pickin' Petals Off Daisies." The water carnival numher comprises three songs, one of which is a solo by Miss Gaynor, "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All," a Iove duet, 1 If I Had a Talking Picture of Yon," sung by Miss Gaynor and Farrell and "Turn On the Heat," a spectacular jazz number snng and danced by Sharon Lynn and> an ensemhle of 60 beautiful chorus girlsi In "Snny Side Up." Miss Gaynor is a happy-go-lucky resident of Yorkville, New York's upper East Side. Desp'ite her lowly social station, bowever, she has amhitions and her dreams suddenly hegin to come true when she charms Charles Farrell, who enacts the role of a wealthy young society man from Southampton, Long Island. The tbree foremost sound topicals, "Patbe," "Paramount," and "Fox," head off one of the greatest entertainments ever presented to a Napier audience. "Sunnv Side Up" season extends to next Friday night, matinee perfoimances taking place daily at 2.30. The box plans for dress circie and stalls are on view at the Gaietv Theatre. Reservations can also he obtained by ringing 'phone 3809. Oountrv patronS, per wire or 'phone, will receive everv attention.