Main Cast: Davey Lee, Al Jolson, Betty Bronson, Edward Everett Horton, Gertrude Olmstead
Release Year: 1929
Country: US
Run Time: 70 minutes
Plot
A custody battle for a little boy forms the basis of this domestic comedy, a talkie that is so early that title cards are interspersed amongst the dialog. The 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. The nervy sister takes the lad to the apartment of her sister's husband's lawyer who believes that she has gone away for a time. A merry mix-up ensues when he returns to the apartment with his parents in tow. To maintain appearances, the sister must pose as the lawyer's wife. Eventually she decides to take the boy and flee, but then she realizes that the boy has vanished. It seems he saw an interesting theater marquee, climbed down the fire escape, and went to the movies. The adults arrive just in time to hear a rousing rendition of "Sonny Boy." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Archie Mayo - Director, Owen Marks - Editor, J.A. Starr - Editor, Louis Silvers - Composer (Music Score), Al Jolson - Songwriter, Lew Brown - Songwriter, Buddy G. DeSylva - Songwriter, Ray Henderson - Songwriter, Benjamin F. Reynolds - Cinematographer, Robert Lord - Screen Story, Graham V.C. Baker - Screenwriter
Prince collaborator Shel Riser had been writing and performing for years in Minneapolis before deciding to start his own project, the enigmatic Sonny Boy. Riser got the band off the ground in 1993 while also working with many important figures in the funk scene, but didn't make much headway until a move to New York City in 1996. From there, Riser drafted in several musicians from all around the world to help him put together the jazzy soul he was crafting, and began independently releasing albums. By 2002, he had already put out AfroSoul and Lovechild and was in the studio putting the finishing touches on Urban Misfit, his most widely available album up to that point. ~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide
