A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

About This Listing Report Omissions or Errors in This Listing

The Miller and the Sweep
(1897) England
B&W : 40 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

Robert W. Paul production; distributed by Robert W. Paul. / Produced by Robert W. Paul. / Released September 1897. / [?] 35mm spherical format? / Probable remake of G.A. Smith’s The Miller and the Sweep (1897) and The Miller and the Sweep (1897).

Comedy.

Synopsis: A chimney sweep flirts with a miller’s daughter and invokes the anger of her father.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Chimney sweeps - Fights - Millers

Listing updated: 8 August 2023.

References: Gifford-British n. 00049 : Website-IMDb.