66.Sunnyside 서니사이드

Charlie works on a farm from 4am to late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding an chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). He loves the neighbor's daughter Edna but is disliked by her father. He rides a cow into a stream and is kicked off. Unconscious, he dreams of a nymph dance. Back in reality a city slicker is hurt in a car crash and is being cared for by Edna. When Charlie is rejected after attempting to imitate the slicker, the result is ambiguous--either tragic or a happy ending. Critics have long argued as to whether the final scene is real or a dream.

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Sunnyside is a 1919 short silent film written, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin. It was his third film for First National Pictures.

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.

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 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]

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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