Sweeney and the Fairy (1913)
Sweeney, the hod-carrier, having disposed of the contents of his dinner pail, sits down in the shade to doze away the remainder of the noon-hour. When he sleeps, a fairy appears and touches him with her wand. In a transformation he awakens in affluence, and in a dress-suit as he appears in "Sweeney and the Million," The fairy disappears and Sweeney swaggers down to his swell residence and is met by the letter-carrier, who gives him a large bundle of important-looking letters. The first one he opens informs him that the million dollars lost in the poker game is coming back to him by parcel post. It requires a strong man to deliver this package. Mrs. Sweeney, "all dolled-up," meets him at the door. He fires out the footman and the other servants. They open the package and are flooded with bank notes of large denominations, and they proceed to hide it in bundles all over the place. Their next appearance is at the function in Mrs. Gandergilt's palatial drawing-rooms. The guests are playing bridge, and when Sweeney comes in on the arm of his friend patrolman McGlone, it raises a commotion, as they fear a "pull." Sweeney calms their fears by giving his guardian a large roll and sends him on his way. Mrs. Sweeney takes a hand in "bridge," and her consort invites all the non-playing men to the buffet, Sweeney gets drinks on a table and falls off. Whereat he is exceedingly angry and swashes everything in range, including a waiter carrying a large tray of glasses. In the interim Mrs. Sweeney has an altercation with the hostess and upsets a card table. The Sweeneys indignantly take to their automobile, visit flower shops and purchase millinery. In the latter place she buys a $250 hat that looks like a floating island, and shuts out all the lines of sight in the cabaret. Sweeney goes to sleep in spite of the commotion, and then is awakened from his dream by the cry for "mortar, mortar," with the blowing of the whistle.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Charles H. France | Director |
| Chris Lane | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| John Lancaster | |
| Lillian Leighton | |
| Marie Newton | |
| Gloria Gallop |
