The Sun Comes Up.

After the accidental death of her young son, a widowed concert-singer gives up her career and retires to the hill country where she meets and adopts an orphan boy.

Helen Lorfield Winter (Jeanette MacDonald) rents a house in Brushy Gap, Georgia with her dog, Lassie, after the tragic death of her son. She befriends Jerry, a young orphan, but not wanting children so soon after her son's death, she leaves to resume her singing career. While she is away, Jerry is caught in heavy rain returning home and develops pneumonia. Helen returns to find the owner of the house, Thomas Chandler (Lloyd Nolan), nursing Jerry back to health.

Credits

Cast
Jeanette MacDonald, Claude Jarman, Jr.

Copyright

Complete catalog record
THE SUN COMES UP. Loew's Inc., c1948. 93 min., sd., color, 35mm. An MGM picture. Based on a novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Summary: After the accidental death of her young son, a widowed concert-singer gives up her career and retires to the hill country where she meets and adopts an orphan boy. Credits: Producer, Robert Sisk; director, Richard Thorpe; screenplay, William Ludwig, Margaret Fitts; music score, Andre Previn; film editor, Irvine Warburton. Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Lloyd Nolan, Claude Jarman, Jr., Lewis Stone, Lassie. © Loew's Inc.; 23Dec48; LP2073.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, copyright
  2. Wikidata · Q3921672 ↗ — country