Anna Neagle
Sunny O'Sullivan
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Synopsis
During Mardi Gras in New Orleans, a wealthy young man encounters a circus performer and dancer. Their attraction crosses the boundary between his family circle and her itinerant working world. Festival freedom gives way to the more difficult demands of a lasting relationship.
Cast
DirectorsHerbert Wilcox
Inspirations
The film adapts the musical Sunny, associated with Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach. Its carnival and circus settings provide a framework in which romance and staged performance can repeatedly meet.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Anna Neagle — Unknown author · Public domain
- Ray Bolger — No specific information provided with regards to an original photographer/distributor, however, earliest attached 1953 press-release promotes the subject's upcoming project on the ABC Television Network . · Public domain
- John Carroll — unknown (Monogram Pictures) · Public domain
- Edward Everett Horton — James Hargis Connelly · Public domain
