''Sleeping Acres'' is a 1921 American film starring Australian actor
Snowy Baker
Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker (8 February 18842 December 1953) was an Australian athlete, sports promoter, and actor. Born in Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Baker excelled at a number of sports, winning New Sout ...
. It was Baker's first American movie and was made for producer Willian N. Selig who specialised in adventure tales. A contemporary fan magazine said that " The Australian possesses a magnetic screen personality. His novel stunts, thrilling athletic feats, and superb horsemanship feature his American debut."
"The Minuteman of the Movies", ''Picture Play Magazine'' Vol. XV, No. 5. January 1922
accessed August 26, 2013 The picture also features Wallace Beery.
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''Sleeping Acres''
at TCMDB
1921 films
American black-and-white films
American silent short films
Films directed by Bertram Bracken
1920s American films
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