7.0On the Sunny Side · 1942
On the Sunny Side (1942) is a Drama / War film directed by Harold D. Schuster, starring Roddy McDowall, Jane Darwell, Stanley Clements.
DramaWar
7.0Overview
Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly accepts the English boy, and is happy when his school-friends do the same. But his isn't so happy when things begin to change when his father fore-goes their evening game of Chinese Checkers to play chess with Hugh, and Hugh shows himself to be a formidable scholar, and impresses Don's girlfriend Betty, and becomes more popular with the boys than Don was...and Don is beginning to think that Hugh is too much of a good thing. Don gets downright depressed and decides to run away. Uh, oh, here comes Hugh.
Cast
Roddy McDowall, Jane Darwell, Stanley Clements, Katharine Alexander, Donald Douglas, Freddie Mercer, Ann E. Todd, Jill Esmond
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What is "On the Sunny Side" about?
Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly accepts the English boy, and is happy when his school-friends do the same. But his isn't so happy when things begin to change when his father fore-goes their evening game of Chinese Checkers to play chess with Hugh, and Hugh shows himself to be a formidable scholar, and impresses Don's girlfriend Betty, and becomes more popular with the boys than Don was...and Don is beginning to think that Hugh is too much of a good thing. Don gets downright depressed and decides to run away. Uh, oh, here comes Hugh.
When was "On the Sunny Side" released?
On the Sunny Side was released in 1942.
Who stars in "On the Sunny Side"?
The cast includes Roddy McDowall, Jane Darwell, Stanley Clements, Katharine Alexander.
