# Sweet Daddies > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sweet_Daddies > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sweet_Daddies.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Daddies > Source revision: 1339500249 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|1926 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Sweet Daddies | image = Sweet Daddies poster.jpg | caption = Poster | director = [Alfred Santell](/source/Alfred_Santell) | producer = M.C. Levee | writer = [W.C. Clifford](/source/W.C._Clifford)
[George Marion Jr.](/source/George_Marion_Jr.) | narrator = | starring = [George Sidney](/source/George_Sidney_(actor))
[Charles Murray](/source/Charles_Murray_(American_actor))
[Vera Gordon](/source/Vera_Gordon) | music = | editing = [Frank Lawrence](/source/Frank_Lawrence_(editor)) | cinematography = [Arthur Edeson](/source/Arthur_Edeson) | studio = First National Pictures | distributor = [First National Pictures](/source/First_National_Pictures) | released = {{Film date|1926|06|13}} | runtime = 70 minutes | country = United States | language = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s) | budget = | gross = }} '''''Sweet Daddies''''' is a 1926 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [comedy](/source/comedy_film) [crime film](/source/crime_film) directed by [Alfred Santell](/source/Alfred_Santell) and starring [George Sidney](/source/George_Sidney_(actor)), [Charles Murray](/source/Charles_Murray_(American_actor)), and [Vera Gordon](/source/Vera_Gordon).{{Cite book |last=Erens |first=Patricia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-v2Di_5ShGMC |title=The Jew in American Cinema |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=1984 |isbn=978-0-253-20493-6 |location=Bloomington |pages=89, 91 |language=en}} The film foregrounds positive relationships between [Jewish](/source/American_Jews) and [Irish American](/source/Irish_Americans) characters, despite the presence of some stereotypes.{{Cite book |last=Biskupski |first=M. B. B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYAzmjlJmVoC |title=Hollywood's War with Poland, 1939–1945 |date=2010-01-08 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-3932-6 |language=en}} The plot revolves around comedic mishaps in the [bootleg liquor](/source/Moonshine) business.{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Mordaunt |date=1926-06-23 |title=THE SCREEN; The Finklebaums and the O'Briens. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/06/23/archives/the-screen-the-finklebaums-and-the-obriens.html |access-date=2022-07-09 |issn=0362-4331}} The romance between the daughter of the [Jewish](/source/Jews) Finkelstein family and the son of the [Irish](/source/Irish_people) O’Brien family ends happily.{{Cite web |date=13 August 2019 |title=Sweet Daddies |url=https://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/showfilm.php?fid=58336 |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Irish Film & TV Research Online, Trinity College Dublin}} ==Cast== * [George Sidney](/source/George_Sidney_(actor)) as Abie Finklebaum * [Charles Murray](/source/Charles_Murray_(American_actor)) as Patrick O'Brien * [Vera Gordon](/source/Vera_Gordon) as Rose Finklebaum{{Cite web |title=Vera Gordon |url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/gordon-vera |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Jewish Women's Archive |language=en}} * [Jobyna Ralston](/source/Jobyna_Ralston) as Mariam Finklebaum * [Jack Mulhall](/source/Jack_Mulhall) as Jimmy O'Brien * [Gaston Glass](/source/Gaston_Glass) as Sam Berkowitz * [Aggie Herring](/source/Aggie_Herring) as Mrs. O'Brien ==Reception== The ''New York Times'' film critic described it thus: {{Blockquote |text=One really can't quite grasp what this picture is all about, as there are sudden interruptions, for the sake of comedy, which crop up according to the whims of the director and scenarist. The fun is good-natured, but just about as probable as the dropping of a leather pouch on a schooner's deck from an airplane a couple of thousand feet in the air, which incidentally happens in this tepid affair.}} ==Impact== Sidney and Murray, who portrayed the fathers of the two families, would go on to work together in many films that, focusing on Jewish and Irish relations, were often described as “ethnic comedies.”{{Cite book |last=Biskupski |first=M. B. B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYAzmjlJmVoC |title=Hollywood's War with Poland, 1939–1945 |date=2010-01-08 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-3932-6 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Bradley |first=Edwin M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbfwCQAAQBAJ |title=The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931 |date=2009-04-27 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-4319-2 |pages=11 |language=en}} Jobyna Robson (Mariam Finkelstein) would go on to be regarded as a great silent film comedian.{{Cite book |last=Roots |first=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pigvBQAAQBAJ |title=The 100 Greatest Silent Film Comedians |date=2014-10-23 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-3650-9 |pages=109 |language=en}} [Arthur Edeson](/source/Arthur_Edeson) became a major cinematographer.{{Cite book |last=Monaco |first=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqcYAQAAIAAJ |title=The Encyclopedia of Film |date=1991 |publisher=Perigee Books |isbn=978-0-399-51604-7 |pages=175 |language=en}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Bibliography== * Erens, Patricia. ''[The Jew in American Cinema](/source/The_Jew_in_American_Cinema)''. [Indiana University Press](/source/Indiana_University_Press), 1984. ==External links== {{commons category|Sweet Daddies}} *{{IMDb title|0017444}} *[https://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/sweet_daddies.htm Still] at www.silentfilmstillarchive.com {{Alfred Santell}} Category:1926 films Category:1926 comedy films Category:1926 American films Category:1920s crime comedy films Category:1926 English-language films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American silent crime comedy films Category:American silent feature films Category:English-language crime comedy films Category:Films directed by Alfred Santell Category:First National Pictures films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sweet Daddies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Daddies) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Daddies?action=history)). 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