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Sweedie Learns to Swim (1914)

Sweedie Learns to Swim poster
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
10 min
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedic silent short where a character named Sweedie tries to learn how to swim. The film shows her humorous struggles in the water.

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What happens

Sweedie Learns to Swim is a 1914 silent short 1-reel comedy film starring Wallace Beery and Ben Turpin and produced and distributed by the Essanay Company. This short survives in the Library of Congress collection, UCLA Film and Television and others. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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