Sunnyside (film)

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Sunnyside
Directed by	Charles Chaplin
Written by	Charles Chaplin
Starring	Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Henry Bergman Tom Wilson
Cinematography	Roland Totheroh
Editing by	Charles Chaplin
Distributed by	First National
Release date(s)	June 15, 1919
Running time	34 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles
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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 Pictures.

1 Plot summary
2 Reception
3 Cast
4 References
5 External links

[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.

[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:

“

"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 pantomime, 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 pantomime, but, also, too much slap-stick.^[1]

”

[edit] Cast

Charles Chaplin - Farm handyman
Edna Purviance - Village Belle
Tom Wilson - Boss
Henry Bergman - Villager and Edna's Father
Loyal Underwood - Fat Boy's Father

[edit] References

^ Movie Reviews, Showtimes and Trailers - Movies - New York Times

[edit] External links

Sunnyside at the Internet Movie Database
Sunnyside at archive.org (viewable and downloadable movie)

v • d • e Charlie Chaplin filmography

Keystone Studios (1914)	Making a Living • Kid Auto Races at Venice • Mabel's Strange Predicament • Between Showers • A Film Johnnie • Tango Tangles • His Favourite Pastime • Cruel, Cruel Love • The Star Boarder • Mabel at the Wheel • Twenty Minutes of Love • Caught in a Cabaret • Caught in the Rain • A Busy Day • The Fatal Mallet • Her Friend the Bandit • Mabel's Busy Day • Mabel's Married Life • Laughing Gas • The Face on the Bar Room Floor • Recreation • The Masquerader • His New Profession • The Rounders • The Property Man • The New Janitor • Those Love Pangs • Dough and Dynamite • Gentlemen of Nerve • His Musical Career • His Trysting Place • Tillie's Punctured Romance • Getting Acquainted • His Prehistoric Past

Essanay Studios (1915-1918)	His New Job • A Night Out • The Champion • In the Park • A Jitney Elopement • The Tramp • By the Sea • His Regeneration (uncredited) • Work • A Woman • The Bank • Shanghaied • A Night in the Show • Burlesque on Carmen • Police • Triple Trouble

Mutual Film Corp (1916-1917)	The Floorwalker • The Fireman • The Vagabond • One A.M. • The Count • The Pawnshop • Behind the Screen • The Rink • Easy Street • The Cure • The Immigrant • The Adventurer

First National (1918-1923)	A Dog's Life • The Bond • Shoulder Arms • Sunnyside • A Day's Pleasure • The Professor • The Kid • The Idle Class • Pay Day • The Pilgrim

United Artists (1923-1952)	A Woman of Paris • The Gold Rush • The Circus • City Lights • Modern Times • The Great Dictator • Monsieur Verdoux • Limelight

Later productions	A King in New York • The Chaplin Revue • A Countess from Hong Kong • The Freak • The Nut • Souls For Sale • A Woman of the Sea • Show People • Chaplin

Stock company	Edna Purviance • Eric Campbell • Albert Austin • Henry Bergman