"SUNNY SIDE UP" AT GAIETY DE LUXE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 74, 30 April 1930, Page 2

"SUNNY SIDE UP" AT GAIETY DE LUXE.

Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell have scored a new sensation at the Gaiety de Luxe Theatre where they made their first audible screen musicai comedy debut in "Sunny Side Up." Tlns tuneful light comedy-drama, written by de Syiva, Brown and Henderson, has placed the young Fox Movietene stars on a new pinnacle, utterly different bnt in the same high altitude as did their performance in "Seventh Heaven." The dainty, wistful litlle Janet proves her versatility by playing a comedy role, broad m spots, and again 011 the border land of pathos. She sings, she dances, she talbs, and she does it all with that touch of genius that has raised her from the rear ranks of extra girls to tlie front rank of the greatest stars in tlu entertainment world. Farrell, too, B called npon to enact an entirely different sort of role than lie ever essayed before and he does it with a dash and finish that stamps him as a superlative actor. Farrell, also, bursts fortli into song and if tlie enthusiasm of other opening night audiences is anv criterion. the public will' demand tliat he sing in every production he makes in the future. De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, iong known for their musicai comedy hits on Broadway, have contrived a storv that holds interest from the opening sceiie to the final fade out. The comedy is smart, sophisticated and of tlie sort tliat frequently set the audience off in spontaneoiis bursts of laughter. The dance ensembles, surprisinglv 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," including "A Talking Picture of You," "Sunny Side Up," "I'm a Dreamer," "Turn On the Heat." "You Find the Time, III Find the Place," and "You've Got Me Pickin' Petals Off Daisies." The water carnival number comprises three songs, one of which is «-i solo by Miss Gaynor, "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All," a love duet; "If I Had a Talking Pictnre of You," sung by Miss Gaynor" and Farrell and "Turn On the Heat,"' a spectacular j'azz number sung and danced by Sharon Lynn and an ensemble of 60 beaufiful chorus girls. In "Sunny Side Up." Miss Gaynor is a liappy-go-lucky resident of Yorkvilfe, New York's upper East Side. Despite her lowly social station, however, she has ambiticns and her dreams snddenly begm to come true wlien she charms Charles Farrell, who enact-s the role of a wealthy young society man. from Southampton, Long Island. The three foremost sound topicals, "Pathe," "Paramount," and "Fox," head off one of the greatest entertainments ever presented to a Napier audience. Theatregoers are requested to note that "Sunny Side Up" will be screened for three more nights and two matinees. The season extends to next Friday night, matinee performances taking place daily at 2.30. The box plans for dress circle and stalls are ontview. at the; Gaiety Theatre. Reservations can also he obtained ky ringing 'phone 3809. Couiitry patrons, per wire or 'phone, will receive every attention .