Sonny Boy (1929)
1h 10m
Running Time
April 18, 1929Release Date
Plot.
Sonny Boy's parents are in the midst of a bitter divorce when the boy's mother talks her sister into kidnapping him because she is terrified that her husband will take the boy out of the country after the divorce.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Davey Lee
Sonny Boy
Edward Everett Horton
Crandall Thorpe
Betty Bronson
Aunt Winifred Canfield
Gertrude Olmstead
Mary
John T. Murray
Hamilton
Tom Dugan
Mulcahy (as Tommy Dugan)
Thomas J. Dugan
Mulcahy
Lucy Beaumont
Mother Thorpe
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
lost film
part-talkie
Wiki.
Sonny Boy is a 1929 sound part-talkie film released by Warner Bros., directed by Archie Mayo. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film stars Davey Lee, Edward Everett Horton, and Betty Bronson.
The film was named after the 1928 hit song "Sonny Boy", which was previously featured in the film The Singing Fool (1928), starring Al Jolson. Davey Lee also played the role of Sonny Boy in The Singing Fool.
As per U.S. copyright law, the film entered the public domain on January 1, 2025.