Sunny is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Lawrence Gray, O. P. Heggie, and Inez Courtney. It was produced and released by First National Pictures. The film was based on the Broadway stage hit, Sunny, produced by Charles Dillingham, which played from September 22, 1925, to December 11, 1926. Marilyn Miller, who had played the leading part in the Broadway production, was hired by Warner Brothers to reprise the role that made her the highest-paid star on Broadway.
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Sunny Peters is an American circus performer, doing her act in a British circus, who is engaged to a man she does not love. A former boyfriend, Tom Warren, stops by to see her before taking a boat back to the United States. Sunny realizing that she loves Tom, decides to run away. She embarks on the same boat that Tom takes. Her father, who realizes what his daughter has done, reaches the boat just as it is about to leave and manages to board it. While on board, Tom becomes engaged to be married to Margaret Manners, a wealthy socialite. Sunny learns that she will not be allowed to disembark in the United States without a passport. To land, Sunny marries an American friend, intending to divorce him as soon as she is safely inside the United States. After arriving in the States, Sunny tells Tom about her love for him. Margaret overhears them and tells Tom that she will announce their engagement at a party that very night. Disappointed, Sunny decides to return to England, but Tom proposes to her just as she is about to leave.
