Tell It to Sweeney explained

Tell It to Sweeney
Director:	Gregory La Cava
Producer:	Gregory La Cava Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor B. P. Schulberg
Screenplay:	Kerry Clarke George Marion Jr.
Story:	Percy Heath Monte Brice
Starring:	Chester Conklin George Bancroft Jack Luden Doris Hill
Cinematography:	H. Kinley Martin
Studio:	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Tell It to Sweeney is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and written by Monte Brice, Kerry Clarke, George Marion Jr., and Percy Heath. The film stars Chester Conklin, George Bancroft, Jack Luden, Doris Hill, Frank Bond, and William H. Tooker. The film was released on September 24, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Chester Conklin as Luke Beamish
• George Bancroft as Cannonball Casey
• Jack Luden as Jack Sweeney
• Doris Hill as Doris Beamish
• Frank Bond as Supt. Dugan
• William H. Tooker as Old Man Sweeney

Preservation

A print of Tell It to Sweeney is in the Gosfilmofond collection in Moscow.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Movie Review - Tell It to Sweeney - Review 1 -- No Title - NYTimes.com. The New York Times. February 10, 2015.
2. Web site: Tell It to Sweeney. afi.com. February 10, 2015.
3. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1546/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Tell It to Sweeney