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- Sunnyside is also the title of a 1979 film.
Sunnyside is a 1919 short silent film written, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin. It was his third film for First National Films.
[edit] Plot summary
Chaplin plays a handy man at a hotel. His love interest in the village is the girl played by Edna Purviance. A young man from the city arrives and appears to have an eye for Edna too. Chaplin tries to win her back.
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[edit] Reception
Sunnyside was produced during a time when, by all accounts, Chaplin's state of creativity was low.[citation needed] It was met with indifference by critics during its original theatrical run. The June 16, 1919 issue of the New York Times contains this review:
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"Charlie Chaplin is at the Strand in his latest — "Sunnyside" — so, of course, those who go there will laugh. Chaplin is a farm hand and country hotel clerk this time. He is at his best when depending upon his inimitable pantomine, and least amusing when indulging in slap-stick, in which he is not distinguished from countless other comedians. There is cleverness in "Sunnyside" and good pantomine, but, also, too much slap-stick.[1] |
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