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Countess Sweedie
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Wallace Beery [Sweedie], Ben Turpin [the waiter]
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by [?] The General Film Company, Incorporated? / Released 16 November 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Countess Von Swatt goes on a slumming party and loses one of her calling cards in the “hash house” where Sweedie works. Sweedie finds the card. Next day an invitation to a ball to be given by Mr. Wealth is delivered by Sweedie by mistake. She has an idea; she will go to the ball and pretend to be the countess. The night of the party, Sweedie arrives at the Wealth home accompanied by a waiter from her place of employment. She is introduced to the waiting guests as the Countess Von Swatt and in the middle of the introduction, stubs her toe and falls down the stairs. She is paid great attention by all present and they insist upon her demonstrating the latest dances. Sweedie and the waiter are in the midst of the “Sweedish” tango when the real countess arrives. After seeing her the pair make a rush for the door, but are captured and spend the night in jail, Sweedie happy that she was a countess for a while anyway.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 December 2024.
References: Lahue-World p. 30 : Website-IMDb.
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