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{{short description|1919 short silent film by Charlie Chaplin}} |
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| cinematography = [[Roland Totheroh]] |
| cinematography = [[Roland Totheroh]] |
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| editing = Charlie Chaplin |
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| distributor = [[First National Pictures]] |
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| distributor = [[First National Pictures|First National]]<br/>[[Associated First National Pictures]] (1922) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)<br/>[[Fox Video]] (1992) (USA) (VHS)<br/>[[Madacy Entertainment]] (1997-1999) (USA) (VHS & DVD)<br/>[[Image Entertainment]] (2000) (USA) (DVD)<br/>[[Koch Vision]] (2000) (USA) (DVD)<br/>MK2 Diffusion (2001) (World-wide) (all media)<br/>Reel Media International (2004) (USA) (video)<br/>[[Warner Home Video]] (2004) (USA) (DVD)<br/>Reel Media International (2007) (World-wide) (all media) |
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| released = {{Film date|1919|06|15}} |
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| runtime = 34 minutes |
| runtime = 34 minutes |
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| country = United States |
| country = United States |
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| language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s) |
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'''''Sunnyside''''' is a |
'''''Sunnyside''''' is a 1919 American short [[silent film]] written by, directed by and starring [[Charlie Chaplin]]. It was his third film for [[First National Pictures]]. |
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==Plot |
==Plot== |
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Charlie works on a farm from 4 a.m. until late at night at the run-down Evergreen Hotel in the rural village of Sunnyside. He has endless duties inside the hotel as well as farm chores to undertake. |
Charlie works on a farm from 4 a.m. until late at night at the run-down Evergreen Hotel in the rural village of Sunnyside. He has endless duties inside the hotel as well as farm chores to undertake. |
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Chaplin's boss is the local preacher who mistreats him badly. He gets his food and the boss' on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding a chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). Charlie has to lead the cows to an upper pasture on a Sunday. He wanders off-road on a dusty corner and loses the cows. They materialise in the village: mainly in the church. Charlie rides a longhorn out of the church and falls off as they cross a bridge. In his daze he sees dancing nymphs. His boss kicks him all the way home. |
Chaplin's boss is the local preacher who mistreats him badly. He gets his food and the boss' on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding a chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). Charlie has to lead the cows to an upper pasture on a Sunday. He wanders off-road on a dusty corner and loses the cows. They materialise in the village: mainly in the church. Charlie rides a longhorn out of the church and falls off as they cross a bridge. In his daze he sees dancing nymphs. His boss kicks him all the way home. |
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Charlie's love interest in the village is the girl played by Edna Purviance. He loves her, but is disliked by her father. He waits for the father to leave the house then enters and gives her a posy of flowers. Their tryst is disturbed by brother Willie. He blindfolds Willie and says they are playing [[blind man's buff]] - leading him out of the front door. Charlie plays piano with his girl. A goat and kid appear behind the piano and Charlie thinks it is a flat note. The father returns and he has to leave. |
Charlie's love interest in the village is the girl played by Edna Purviance. He loves her, but is disliked by her father. He waits for the father to leave the house then enters and gives her a posy of flowers. Their tryst is disturbed by brother Willie. He blindfolds Willie and says they are playing [[blind man's buff]] - leading him out of the front door. Charlie plays piano with his girl. A goat and kid appear behind the piano and Charlie thinks it is a flat note. The father returns and he has to leave. |
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A city slicker is hurt in a car crash and is carried into the hotel by the fat boy. He is placed on the reception desk and Charlie tries to check him in. The fat boy brings the doctor. The doctor's bag mainly contains whisky and crude implements of amputation. The doctor writes a prescription and the city slicker pays him. The doctor leaves and the fat boy puts the slicker in a bedroom. Charlie returns to the hotel lounge |
A city slicker is hurt in a car crash and is carried into the hotel by the fat boy. He is placed on the reception desk and Charlie tries to check him in. The fat boy brings the doctor. The doctor's bag mainly contains whisky and crude implements of amputation. The doctor writes a prescription and the city slicker pays him. The doctor leaves and the fat boy puts the slicker in a bedroom. Charlie returns to the hotel lounge, where he has to mop the floor around the doctor, the fat boy, and the boy's tiny father. The screen title says "[[Lounge lizard]]s", an early printed use of the term. |
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The city slicker recovers. He stands at the reception smoking a cigarette. The hotel has a small area selling groceries. A woman stands at the grocery counter and gets her hand stuck on [[fly paper]]. She has forgotten what she came in to buy: Charlie proffers a series of items including a razor. Smelly cheese makes her remember she wanted socks. She pays with a dollar bill which gets stuck to the fly paper. She leaves and the slicker follows her out, returning a cent which she dropped. Charlie despairs as they walk off together. Charlie spies through her window and sees her with the slicker with her father in the room, seemingly accepting this new suitor. The slicker has a unique style: a [[handkerchief]] up his sleeve and a [[Lighter|cigarette lighter]] in the head of his walking cane. |
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being cared for by Edna. He appears to have an eye for Edna too. Chaplin tries to win her back by dressing as the city man does—but his homemade spats only prompt ridicule. When Charlie is rejected after attempting to imitate the slicker, he appears to be preparing to commit suicide. However, the result is ambiguous with the film either having a tragic or a happy ending. Critics have long argued as to whether the final scene is real or a dream. |
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Charlie dons [[Spats (footwear)|spats]] and a walking cane. The locals laugh as he passes. At the girl's house he draws attention to the spats and his DIY attempt at a cane-top cigarette lighter. The slicker arrives and Charlie leaves, outdone. |
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Back in the hotel his boss shouts at him. The slicker checks out of the hotel and gives Charlie a tip. Charlie embraces his girl as the slicker drives off. |
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Critics have long argued as to whether the final scene is real or a dream. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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* [[Charlie Chaplin]] - Farm handyman |
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* [[Edna Purviance]] - Village Belle |
* [[Edna Purviance]] - Village Belle |
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* [[Tom Wilson (actor)|Tom Wilson]] - Boss |
* [[Tom Wilson (actor)|Tom Wilson]] - Boss |
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* [[Tom Wood (actor, 1894)|Tom Wood]] - Fat Boy |
* [[Tom Wood (actor, 1894)|Tom Wood]] - Fat Boy |
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* [[Loyal Underwood]] - Fat Boy's Father |
* [[Loyal Underwood]] - Fat Boy's Father |
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* [[Tammie Harding Barlow]] - Dancer # |
* [[Tammie Harding Barlow]] - Dancer #1 |
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* [[Helen McDonough]] - Dancer |
* [[Helen McDonough]] - Dancer #2 |
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* [[Albert Austin]] - Village Doctor |
* [[Albert Austin]] - Village Doctor |
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The June 16, 1919 issue of ''[[The New York Times]]'' contains this review:{{cquote|"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 [[Silent comedy|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.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/06/16/archives/the-screen.html | work=The New York Times | accessdate=April 24, 2020 | title=THE SCREEN | date=June 16, 1919}}</ref>}} |
The June 16, 1919 issue of ''[[The New York Times]]'' contains this review:{{cquote|"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 [[Silent comedy|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.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/06/16/archives/the-screen.html | work=The New York Times | accessdate=April 24, 2020 | title=THE SCREEN | date=June 16, 1919}}</ref>}} |
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The nymph dance in the dream sequence has been |
The nymph dance in the dream sequence has been described as a tribute to or parody of the ballet ''[[Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky)|L'après-midi d'un faune]]'' by [[Vaslav Nijinsky]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chaplin |first1=Lita Grey |last2=Vance |first2=Jeffrey |title=Wife of the Life of the Party: A Memoir |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=1998 |location=Lanham, Maryland |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUtPAQAAQBAJ |isbn=0-8108-3432-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Porter |first=Jenelle |title=Dance with Camera |publisher=Institute of Contemporary Art |year=2010 |location=University of Pennsylvania |page=148 }}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* {{IMDb title|id=0010747|title=Sunnyside}} |
* {{IMDb title|id=0010747|title=Sunnyside}} |
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* {{amg movie|1638006}} |
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* {{Internet Archive short film|id=66SunnysideCharlieChaplin1919|name=Sunnyside}} |
* {{Internet Archive short film|id=66SunnysideCharlieChaplin1919|name=Sunnyside}} |
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Latest revision as of 05:33, 7 May 2024
| Sunnyside | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Written by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Starring | Charlie Chaplin Edna Purviance Henry Bergman Tom Wilson Olive Ann Alcorn |
| Cinematography | Roland Totheroh |
| Edited by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 34 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Sunnyside is a 1919 American short silent film written by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. It was his third film for First National Pictures.
Plot
[edit]Charlie works on a farm from 4 a.m. until late at night at the run-down Evergreen Hotel in the rural village of Sunnyside. He has endless duties inside the hotel as well as farm chores to undertake.
Chaplin's boss is the local preacher who mistreats him badly. He gets his food and the boss' on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding a chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). Charlie has to lead the cows to an upper pasture on a Sunday. He wanders off-road on a dusty corner and loses the cows. They materialise in the village: mainly in the church. Charlie rides a longhorn out of the church and falls off as they cross a bridge. In his daze he sees dancing nymphs. His boss kicks him all the way home.
Charlie's love interest in the village is the girl played by Edna Purviance. He loves her, but is disliked by her father. He waits for the father to leave the house then enters and gives her a posy of flowers. Their tryst is disturbed by brother Willie. He blindfolds Willie and says they are playing blind man's buff - leading him out of the front door. Charlie plays piano with his girl. A goat and kid appear behind the piano and Charlie thinks it is a flat note. The father returns and he has to leave.
A city slicker is hurt in a car crash and is carried into the hotel by the fat boy. He is placed on the reception desk and Charlie tries to check him in. The fat boy brings the doctor. The doctor's bag mainly contains whisky and crude implements of amputation. The doctor writes a prescription and the city slicker pays him. The doctor leaves and the fat boy puts the slicker in a bedroom. Charlie returns to the hotel lounge, where he has to mop the floor around the doctor, the fat boy, and the boy's tiny father. The screen title says "Lounge lizards", an early printed use of the term.
The city slicker recovers. He stands at the reception smoking a cigarette. The hotel has a small area selling groceries. A woman stands at the grocery counter and gets her hand stuck on fly paper. She has forgotten what she came in to buy: Charlie proffers a series of items including a razor. Smelly cheese makes her remember she wanted socks. She pays with a dollar bill which gets stuck to the fly paper. She leaves and the slicker follows her out, returning a cent which she dropped. Charlie despairs as they walk off together. Charlie spies through her window and sees her with the slicker with her father in the room, seemingly accepting this new suitor. The slicker has a unique style: a handkerchief up his sleeve and a cigarette lighter in the head of his walking cane.
Charlie dons spats and a walking cane. The locals laugh as he passes. At the girl's house he draws attention to the spats and his DIY attempt at a cane-top cigarette lighter. The slicker arrives and Charlie leaves, outdone.
Back in the hotel his boss shouts at him. The slicker checks out of the hotel and gives Charlie a tip. Charlie embraces his girl as the slicker drives off.
Critics have long argued as to whether the final scene is real or a dream.
Deleted scene
[edit]The 1983 documentary Unknown Chaplin contains a deleted scene in which Charlie also serves as the hotel's hapless barber. Albert Austin plays a man who has come in for a shave and gets more than he expected from the Evergreen Hotel's inept barber.
Cast
[edit]- Charlie Chaplin - Farm handyman
- Edna Purviance - Village Belle
- Tom Wilson - Boss
- Henry Bergman - Villager and Edna's Father
- Olive Ann Alcorn - Nymph
- Tom Wood - Fat Boy
- Loyal Underwood - Fat Boy's Father
- Tammie Harding Barlow - Dancer #1
- Helen McDonough - Dancer #2
- Albert Austin - Village Doctor
Reception
[edit]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]
The nymph dance in the dream sequence has been described as a tribute to or parody of the ballet L'après-midi d'un faune by Vaslav Nijinsky.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "THE SCREEN". The New York Times. June 16, 1919. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Chaplin, Lita Grey; Vance, Jeffrey (1998). Wife of the Life of the Party: A Memoir. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-8108-3432-4.
- ^ Porter, Jenelle (2010). Dance with Camera. University of Pennsylvania: Institute of Contemporary Art. p. 148.
External links
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- Sunnyside at IMDb
- Sunnyside at AllMovie
- Sunnyside at the TCM Movie Database
- The short film Sunnyside is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.