Sweepings
6.5
“A Soul-Stirring Drama of Wasted Lives!”
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and daughter, but has to deal with their lack of interest or aptitude.
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Cast
19 people
Lionel Barrymore
Daniel Pardway
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
You Can't Take It with You
Eric Linden
Freddie Pardway
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William Gargan
Gene Pardway
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The Bells of St. Mary's
You Only Live Once
Gloria Stuart
Phoebe
Known for
Titanic
The Invisible Man
Alan Dinehart
Thane Pardway
Also in
Supernatural
The Sin of Nora Moran
Gregory Ratoff
Abe Ullman
Known for
All About Eve
I'm No Angel
Helen Mack
Mamie Donahue
Known for
The Son of Kong
His Girl Friday
Lucien Littlefield
Grimson
Known for
Sons of the Desert
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
George Meeker
Bert Pardway
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
High Sierra
Ninetta Sunderland
Abigail Pardway
Known for
Unconquered
Esther Muir
Violet
Known for
A Day at the Races
Chick Chandler
Gene's Friend (Uncredited)
Known for
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
I Wake Up Screaming
John Cromwell Director · Howard Estabrook Screenplay H.W. Hanemann Screenplay
United States release April 14, 1933 · Produced in United States · Production RKO
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 14, 1933
Theatrical
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