Sunnyside (1919)

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Writer:

Charles Chaplin (written by)

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:

Chicken | Farm | Music Score Composed By Director | Awkwardness | Blind Man's Bluff Game

Cast

Charles Chaplin	...	Farm Handyman (as Charlie Chaplin)
Edna Purviance	...	Village Belle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Olive Ann Alcorn	...	Nymph (uncredited)
Albert Austin	...	Slicker (uncredited)
Henry Bergman	...	Villager and Edna's Father (uncredited)
A.D. Blake	...	Small Role (uncredited)
Olive Burton	...	Nymph (uncredited)
Willie Mae Carson	...	Nymph (uncredited)
George Cole	...	Small Role (uncredited)
Tom Harrington	...	Small Role (uncredited)
N.E. Hendrix	...	Small Role (uncredited)
Lulu Jenks	...	Small Role (uncredited)
J. Parks Jones	...	Fat Man (uncredited)
David Kohn	...	Small Role (uncredited)
Helen Kohn	...	Nymph (uncredited)
Granville Redmond	...	Small Role (uncredited)
Tom Terriss	...	Young Man from the City (uncredited)
Loyal Underwood	...	Fat Boy's Father (uncredited)
Tom Wilson	...	Boss (uncredited)
Tom Wood	...	Fat Boy (uncredited)

Directed by
Charles Chaplin		(as Charlie Chaplin)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Charles Chaplin		written by (as Charlie Chaplin)

Produced by
Charles Chaplin	....	producer

Cinematography by
Roland Totheroh		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Charles Chaplin		(uncredited)

Production Design by
Charles D. Hall		(uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Reisner	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Wilson	....	second camera operator (uncredited)

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

Music Department
Charles Chaplin	....	music composer (1974) (as Charlie Chaplin)
Eric James	....	music associate (1974)
Eric Rogers	....	conductor (1974)
Eric Rogers	....	orchestrator (1974)

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)
• Associated First National Pictures (1922) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• 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)
• MK2 Diffusion (2001) (worldwide) (all media)
• Reel Media International (2004) (USA) (video)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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

Trivia:

Chaplin described the making of this film as 'like pulling teeth' in his autobiography due to the mental block he suffered as a result of his unhappy marriage to 'Mildred Harris'.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

When Other Lips

Moments that stick out in the Chaplin canon

Although not a success when it was released in 1919, scenes to look out for in his third film for First National Pictures is Chaplin again showing off his stunt skills by riding rampaging cows, and the classic scene involving "Blind Man's Buff', his brother 'Willie', and a car. The dream scene featuring the prepubescent girls foreshadows Chaplin's own private (for now) daemons. I deeply appreciated the thrill of Glen David Gold's Carter Beats the Devil, and his follow up was titled Sunnyside which is about I should say that the book is about Chaplin, following several story lines all looping back, thematically, to that change in character that you witness in "A Day's Pleasure," the first section. tracesofevil.blogspot.com