Sunnyside (1919)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Writer:

Charles Chaplin (writer)

Release Date:

15 June 1919 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Tagline:

Charlie Chaplin In His Third Million Dollar Comedy

Plot:

Charlie works on a farm from 4am to late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee...

Plot Keywords:

Farm | Chicken | Homespun | Cattle | Goat

Cast

Charles Chaplin	...	Farm handyman
Edna Purviance	...	Village Belle
Tom Wilson	...	Boss
Tom Terriss	...	Young Man from the City
Henry Bergman	...	Villager and Edna's Father
Loyal Underwood	...	Fat Boy's Father
Tom Wood	...	Fat Boy
Helen Kohn	...	Nymph
Olive Burton	...	Nymph
Willie Mae Carson	...	Nymph
Olive Ann Alcorn	...	Nymph
J. Parks Jones		(as Park Jones)
Granville Redmond
A.D. Blake
N.E. Hendrix		(as Shorty Hendricks)
Lulu Jenks
George Cole
David Kohn
Tom Harrington

Directed by
Charles Chaplin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Charles Chaplin		writer

Cinematography by
Roland Totheroh

Film Editing by
Charles Chaplin		(uncredited)

Production Design by
Charles D. Hall

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Reisner	....	assistant director

Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Wilson	....	second camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mother Vinot	....	seamstress (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Toraichi Kono	....	driver: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)

Other crew
Nellie Bly Baker	....	secretary: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)
Elsie Codd	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Tom Harrington	....	assistant: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)

Production Companies

• First National Pictures

Distributors

• First National Exhibitors' Circuit (1919) (USA) (theatrical)
• MK2 Diffusion (2001) (worldwide) (all media)
• Fox Video (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• Madacy Entertainment (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Madacy Entertainment (1998) (USA) (video)
• Madacy Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Koch Vision (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (USA) (video)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)

Runtime:

41 min | 34 min | USA:29 min (TCM print)

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System) (re-issue) | Silent

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Chaplin Studios - 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

First National Pictures

Movie Connections:

Featured in Chaplin Today: The Kid (2003) (TV)

just an okay short from Chaplin

While this is certainly not a bad film and is entertaining to watch, compared to other Chaplin shorts, it's a bit of a let-down. Part of this is because there aren't as many laughs as usual and part of it was that the characters just didn't seem that engaging--something a little unusual for a Chaplin short made this late in his career. Plus, for me, it was a little hard to accept the Little Tramp as a farm hand--he just seemed really out of place and a bit lost. Later, when the rich guy appears and Charlie thinks he's going to lose his girl to this dandy, the movie seems a little more familiar, but still it failed to grab hold of my attention. Not a bad film, but Chaplin certain did better.