Saturday, January 12, 2013

On the Sunny Side (1942)

Twentieth Century-Fox Films
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)

English kid Roddy McDowall is sent to America during WWII for safety. He stays with an All-American family with a boy of a similar age. Roddy impresses everyone with his command of the English language, fighting skills, knowledge of chemistry, etc. The American kid begins to feel neglected and runs away, but they get together to fight a couple of bullies and make-up. Simple, predictable juvenile drama, further hampered by feel-good wartime propaganda meant to promote American-English relations.

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