Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934 film directed by Edward Ludwig
- July 28, 1934 (1934-07-28)
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Friends of Mr. Sweeney is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Warren B. Duff, Sid Sutherland, F. Hugh Herbert and Erwin S. Gelsey. It is based on the 1925 novel Friends of Mr. Sweeney by Elmer Davis. The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Ann Dvorak, Eugene Pallette, Robert Barrat, Berton Churchill and Dorothy Burgess. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 28, 1934.[1][2][3]
Plot
Asaph Holliday has been an editor the Balance for 20 years, obediently changing his mind any time the owner, Mr.Brumbaugh asks him to. His young and pretty secretary Beulah has a crush on him, but Asaph does not realize it until he meets an old friend, Rixey whom he hasn't met since finishing college. Asaph rekindles the memory of his former self in college, Ace Holliday and this sets him on a series of adventures. He ends up getting Beulah and standing up to his boss.[4]
Cast
- Charlie Ruggles as Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
- Ann Dvorak as Miss Beulah Boyd
- Eugene Pallette as Wynn Rixey
- Robert Barrat as Alexis Romanoff
- Berton Churchill as Franklyn P. Brumbaugh
- Dorothy Burgess as Millie Seagrove
- Dorothy Tree as Countess Olga Andrei Misitalsky
- Harry Tyler as Mike
- Harry Beresford as Claude
- William B. Davidson as Stephen Prime
References
- ^ "Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ Sandra Brennan. "Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934) - Edward Ludwig". AllMovie. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ "Friends of Mr. Sweeney". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ "Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934) - Plot - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
External links
- Friends of Mr. Sweeney at IMDb
- Friends of Mr. Sweeney at AllMovie
- Friends of Mr. Sweeney at the TCM Movie Database
- Friends of Mr. Sweeney at the American Film Institute Catalog
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Films directed by Edward Ludwig
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- The Man Who Waited (1922)
- Jake the Plumber (1927)
- Spuds (1927)
- Steady Company (1932)
- They Just Had to Get Married (1933)
- Let's Be Ritzy (1934)
- A Woman's Man (1934)
- Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)
- The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
- Age of Indiscretion (1935)
- Old Man Rhythm (1935)
- Three Kids and a Queen (1935)
- Fatal Lady (1936)
- Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
- Her Husband Lies (1937)
- The Last Gangster (1937)
- That Certain Age (1938)
- Coast Guard (1939)
- Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
- The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
- Born to Sing (1942)
- They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
- Bomber's Moon (1943)
- The Fighting Seabees (1944)
- Three Is a Family (1944)
- The Fabulous Texan (1947)
- Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
- The Big Wheel (1949)
- Smuggler's Island (1951)
- Big Jim McLain (1952)
- Caribbean Gold (1952)
- The Blazing Forest (1952)
- Sangaree (1953)
- The Vanquished (1953)
- Jivaro (1954)
- Flame of the Islands (1956)
- The Black Scorpion (1957)
- The Gun Hawk (1963)
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