Sunnyside (1919)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	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
	Granville Redmond
	A.D. Blake
	N.E. Hendrix

Storyline

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. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>  

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