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She Landed a Big One
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Wallace Beery
Cast: Wallace Beery [Sweedie], Robert Bolder [Sweedie’s father], Harry Dunkinson [Sweedie’s best beau], Leo White [the stranger], Alfred Gronell [the fisherman], Ben Turpin [the police chief]
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 19 October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Sweedie tells her beau that her love has grown cold, so he decides to jump in the lake and end it all. He is prevented from taking this awful step by a stranger in the city, who goes to the buxom Sweedie, after making the rescue, and tries to make himself a hero in her eyes. He fails to show his bravery, however, in rescuing Sweedie sometime later, when she has hooked a big fish and is being dragged out in the lake. He calls the police and a chase in the motorboat ensues, in which they catch up to Sweedie and assist her in pulling in her large catch. The hook breaks and the monstrous fish gets away. Angry at their interference, Sweedie dumps them all in the lake and sallies forth to again try her luck.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 598 : Website-IMDb.
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