Sweedie the Swatter (1914)
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A short silent comedy where a rough-looking man dresses as a Swedish woman named Sweedie. She gets into silly mishaps and swats at things, starting a series of comic episodes.
lightheartedslapstickplayfulfast-pacedabsurdwhimsicalcampynostalgic
What happens
Sweedie the Swatter è un cortometraggio muto del 1914. Il nome del regista non viene riportato. Con questa pellicola, la casa di produzione Essanay inaugurò una serie di comiche che avevano come protagonista il personaggio di Sweedie, una ragazza svedese, personaggio interpretato da Wallace Beery: l'attore dal fisico rude e molto mascolino, si presentava sullo schermo travestito in vesti femminili. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Sweedie and the Double Exposure (1914)
Sweedie Collects for Charity (1914)
Countess Sweedie (1914)
The Fickleness of Sweedie (1914)
Sweedie at the Fair (1914)
Sweedie the Trouble Maker (1914)
A Maid of War (1914)
Sweedie's Clean-Up (1914)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.