SWEEDIE LEARNS TO SWIM (1914) Wallace Beery, Ben Turpin, Leo White

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SWEEDIE LEARNS TO SWIM (1914) Wallace Beery, Ben Turpin, Leo White

Postby Richard M Roberts » Sat May 27, 2023 8:06 pm

For years this was pretty much the only Essanay Sweedie generally available to be seen (Blackhawk Films had it for sale). Since then, a few more have shown up, but this is still a delightful short in this bizarre series. Wallace Beery, Leo White, Ben Turpin and Bettu Brown round out the cast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFHmEDOxjsk

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