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Sweedie Learns to Ride
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Wallace Beery [Sweedie], Betty Brown [Sweedie’s mistress], Ben Turpin [Sweedie’s Romeo]

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 22 March 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 May 2010.

References: Spehr-American pp. 42, 598 : Website-IMDb.