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Sweedy the Janitor
Also known as [Sweedie the Janitor]
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Wallace Beery
Cast: Wallace Beery [Sweedie, the janitor], Belle Bennett
Nestor Film Company production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Wallace Beery. / Released 10 November 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Sweedy’s wife remonstrates with him because when they married he promised her jewels and had never given them to her. So when Sweedy finds a necklace that belongs to the Newlyweds, who are in the apartment, he gives it to his wife. But then Mrs. Newlywed bugs him to find the necklace, and he is so touched that he regrets having given it to his wife. He tries to get it back, but his wife guards it so carefully that he has to steal it at night. When Sweedy brings it back to Mrs. N., her husband comes in and complications follow. There is a discussion as to who is the owner of the necklace and it ends in the police court. There Sweedy has to admit to his wife that the necklace is not hers and she takes him home to cure.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
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