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Harry Sweet is a Actor, Director and Scenario Writer American born on 2 october 1901 at Colorado (USA)

Harry Sweet

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Nationality USA
Birth 2 october 1901 at Colorado (USA)
Death 18 june 1933 (at 31 years) at Big Bear Lake (USA)

Harry Sweet (October 2, 1901 – June 18, 1933) was an American actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in 57 films between 1919 and 1932. He also directed 54 films between 1920 and 1933, including one Harry Langdon short, two of the Tay Garnett- penned comedies Stan Laurel made for Joe Rock, and fifteen of the earliest entries in the Edgar Kennedy "Average Man" series.

Usually with

Joe Rock
Joe Rock
(2 films)
Tay Garnett
Tay Garnett
(3 films)
Monty Banks
Monty Banks
(1 films)
Clara Bow
Clara Bow
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Harry Sweet (9 films)

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Actor

Carnival Boat, 1h2
Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Actors William Boyd, Ginger Rogers, Fred Kohler, Eddy Chandler, Hobart Bosworth, Harry Sweet
Rating54% 2.7112052.7112052.7112052.7112052.711205
This script must be run from the command line
Hit the Deck, 1h33
Directed by Luther Reed
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Jack Oakie, Harry Sweet, Polly Walker, Wallace MacDonald, June Clyde, George Ovey
Roles Bunny
Rating69% 3.4622853.4622853.4622853.4622853.462285
Looloo runs a diner which is frequented with U.S. Navy sailors on shore leave, including officers. Two officers, Admiral Smith and Lieutenant Allen accompany a wealthy socialite, Mrs. Payne, to the establishment. Mrs. Payne is an heiress, and when she engages in conversation with Looloo, she expresses admiration for the necklace Looloo is wearing. She offers to purchase it for a substantial sum, but it is a family heirloom and Looloo refuses. Later, two sailors arrive at the diner, Bilge and Clarence, looking for Lavinia, Clarence's sweetheart who has run away. Bilge, is smitten with Looloo, and begins to romance her. Opening up to her, he reveals his desire to become the captain of his own ship after he leaves the navy. Before things go too far, Bilge's shipmates drag him back to his ship, which is scheduled to set sail.
Her Man
Her Man (1930)
, 1h25
Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Phillips Holmes, Helen Twelvetrees, Marjorie Rambeau, James Gleason, Ricardo Cortez, Thelma Todd
Roles Eddie
Rating65% 3.2764453.2764453.2764453.2764453.276445
A Paris bargirl with tough "protector" falls for young sailor.

Director

Half a Man
Half a Man (1925)
, 20minutes
Directed by Harry Sweet, Joe Rock
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Stan Laurel, Blanche Payson
Rating56% 2.825972.825972.825972.825972.82597
Winchell McSweeney est le seul homme naufragé sur une île parmi des femmes : rêve ou cauchemar pour Winchell ?
The Sleuth
The Sleuth (1925)
, 22minutes
Directed by Harry Sweet, Joe Rock
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Stan Laurel, Glen Cavender, Alberta Vaughn, Anita Garvin
Rating58% 2.912922.912922.912922.912922.91292
Stan Laurel détective privé en parodie de Sherlock Holmes. Il est mandaté par sa cliente pour confondre son mari qui prépare un mauvais coup. Stan en profite pour se déguiser avec une folle succession de chapeau, se travestir en bonne et en femme fatale.

Scriptwriter

Play Safe
Play Safe (1927)
, 50minutes
Directed by Joseph Henabery
Origin USA
Actors Monty Banks, Virginia Lee Corbin, Charles Hill Mailes, Charles K. Gerrard, Bud Jamison, Frank Alexander
Roles Scenario Writer
Rating70% 3.539173.539173.539173.539173.53917
A gang of bad guys menace a man's girlfriend. She hides in a freight car and a misstep sends the otherwise-empty train out of the station with the lever pushed to full speed.