Sunnyside (film)

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Sunnyside
Directed by	Charles Chaplin
Written by	Charles Chaplin
Starring	Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Henry Bergman Tom Wilson
Release date(s)	June 15, 1919
Running time	34 min
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 Films.

1 Plot summary
2 Reception
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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.

Spoilers end here.

[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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[edit] References

^ http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=&title2=Sunnyside&reviewer=&v_id=66864&pdate=19190616

[edit] External links

Sunnyside at the Internet Movie Database

The First National films of Charlie Chaplin
A Dog's Life (1918) • The Bond (1918) Shoulder Arms (1918) • Sunnyside (1919) A Day's Pleasure (1919) • The Professor (1919) The Kid (1915) • The Idle Class (1921) Pay Day (1922) The Pilgrim (1923)