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Sweedie at the Fair
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Wallace Beery [Sweedie], Ben Turpin [the chief of police], Charlotte Mineau

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 23 November 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Sweedie, the cook at the Rich household, buys a donkey from the captain of the police, but forgets to pay for it. He raids the house in an effort to get his money, and as a result Sweedie is fired. Short of money and out of a job, the husky cook takes the donkey to the county fair where she hopes to win a few cash prizes. The donkey fails to take any blue ribbons, so Sweedie removes a ribbon from one of the prize horses and is caught in the act. She then ties her pet in a racing car and starts around the race track with the police in hot pursuit. She is finally brought to a halt when she drives the machine into a tent. Here an explosion takes place which completely wrecks the machine.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 25 November 2022.

References: Spehr-American p. 42 : Website-IMDb.

 
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