''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, New South Wales, Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Baker excelled at a numbe ...

. 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
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Wallace Beery Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' (1 ...

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TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of ...

1921 films American black-and-white films American silent short films Films directed by Bertram Bracken 1920s American films 1921 short films {{short-silent-film-stub