John Cromwell
Director
Sweepings (1933)
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.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.department-store, imdb.screenplay-adapted-by-author, imdb.based-on-real-person, imdb.reference-to-marshall-field-department-store, imdb.department-store-owner, imdb.general-manager, imdb.assistant-manager + 44 more, imdb.fatherhood, imdb.inheritance, imdb.chicago-history, imdb.hobo, imdb.scandal, imdb.drunkenness, imdb.sales-clerk, imdb.pre-code-film, imdb.historic-event, imdb.socks, imdb.retail-business, imdb.flash-forward, imdb.younger-version-of-character, imdb.death-of-wife, imdb.european-travel, imdb.homecoming-party, imdb.extravagance, imdb.west-point-graduate, imdb.family-with-four-children, imdb.naming-one-s-successor, imdb.employer-employee-relationship, imdb.princess, imdb.death-of-protagonist, imdb.hopeful-ending, imdb.epic-drama, imdb.family-drama, imdb.domestic-drama, imdb.workplace-drama, imdb.period-drama, imdb.retail-store, imdb.1900s, imdb.1890s, imdb.1910s, imdb.1920s, imdb.1930s, imdb.department-store, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.mistress, imdb.chicago-illinois, imdb.chicago-fire-of-1871, imdb.brothel, imdb.accidental-death, imdb.gunshot-wound, imdb.bribery
Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures
Country: United States
Languages:
English
Recommendations
80 min
April 14, 1933
Released
NR