The Sun Comes Up

1949
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1h 33m

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6.4/10

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Claude Jarman Jr., Jeanette MacDonald, Lloyd Nolan, and Pal in The Sun Comes Up (1949)

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Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and the dog that belonged to her lat... Read allSet in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and the dog that belonged to her late son. Punctuated with song-filled interludes.Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and the dog that belonged to her late son. Punctuated with song-filled interludes.

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IMDb RATING

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Jeanette MacDonald

Helen Lorfield Winter

Lloyd Nolan

Thomas I. Chandler

Claude Jarman Jr.

Jerry

Lewis Stone

Arthur Norton

Percy Kilbride

Mr. Willie B. Williegood

Nicholas Joy

Victor Alvord

Margaret Hamilton

Mrs. Golightly

Hope Landin

Mrs. Pope

Esther Somers

Susan - the maid

Pal

Lassie
(as Lassie)

Ed Agresti

Musician
(uncredited)

Jessie Arnold

Townswoman at Fire
(uncredited)

Charles Bates

Orphan
(uncredited)

John Beck

Bit Part
(uncredited)

Bobby Beyers

Orphan
(uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley

Nurse
(uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Dr. Sample
(uncredited)

John Butler

Hotel Attendant
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The Sun Comes Up (1949) is mainly based on the 1936 short story "A Mother in Mannville" by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. According to the University of South Carolina Libraries description of Rawlings' works, in 1946 MGM asked Rawlings to do a story that could star Lassie with Claude Jarman Jr.. Rawlings started with her 1936 short story "A Mother in Mannville." MGM bought the rights to Rawlings' unpublished story "A Family for Jock," re-titled it "Mountain Prelude," and sold the literary rights to The Saturday Evening Post. The story appeared The Post as a six-part serial during April 26 to May 31, 1947. But it has never been published in novel form.

Goofs
When Jerry finally decides to go play with Lassie, we can hear someone off-screen give Lassie a command. Right after Jerry says,"Let's have fun now," and hugs Lassie, a man's voice clearly speaks a word off-camera, and Lassie looks in that direction before running off with the boy.

Connections
Featured in Legends of World Cinema: Jeanette MacDonald

Soundtracks
Un Bel Di
(uncredited)
from "Madama Butterfly"
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Sung by Jeanette MacDonald

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Jeanette MacDonald in her last film appearance...

Nice, simple family film, a bit dated but still with enough charm and humor to make it agreeable--based on a novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of 'The Yearling'. Jeanette has her bitterness melted by Claude Jarman, Jr. and Lassie when she decides to retreat to the country to forget about the death of her son. An above-average Lassie film with a rather predictable ending after a tense fire sequence in which he rescues Claude Jarman, Jr. from a burning loft. A few nice songs by Jeanette, beautiful settings and some amusing performances by Percy Kilbride, Margaret Hamilton and others. Lloyd Nolan turns up for a cameo role. Pleasant entertainment. The blurb on the VHS copy I have cites a quote from the N.Y. Times which is so accurate: "Simple and sweet...Jeanette MacDonald has never looked lovelier."