Sunny (1930)

Director
William A. Seiter

Main cast
Marilyn Miller; Lawrence Gray; Joe Donahue; O.P. Heggie; Inez Courtney

Genres
Music

Description
A showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.


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