30 November 1914 Comedy 10 mins
While Sweedie is studying her war map in her grog shop, two bums enter the place and start drinking wine. When Sweedie asks them to pay for it they dash out of the place. She calls the police and they pursue the bums. Sweedie is outdistanced in the chase and thought she saw the police enter a certain house, so she rushes in.
Watch the official A Maid of War 1914 trailer in HD below.
Sorry, we can't find the movie trailer you're looking for.
Either a trailer for this movie has not been released yet, or it was removed following a request from the copyright holder.
Wallace Beery as Sweedie
Leo White as Pat Dillon
Robert Bolder as Snyder
Rapley Holmes as John Harms
United States 30 November 1914
If you liked the A Maid of War trailer, you may like these ones:
09 November 1914
Sweedie has two admirers, and is undecided as to which one she prefers to marry. Her parents are in favor of Fritz, a little fat German.
13 December 1996
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace.
05 December 1984
Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.
23 November 1914
Sweedie, the cook at the Rich household, buys a donkey from the captain of the police, but forgets to pay for it.
18 May 1987
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil.
04 January 1915
Sweedie while reading a book in the kitchen, falls asleep. She dreams that Kao Yama, Sultan of Puff Puff, has sent her a present in the form of a servant.
20 May 1915
Sweedie gets a job as mop artist in a hotel. She starts out from home encumbered with baggage and a pet dog of uncertain ancestry.
18 January 1915
Mr. Dingy engages Sweedie as their cook. She insists upon bringing her dog "Skinny" and her parrot along.
13 July 1914
Mrs. Highstrung's maid leaves her at a very inopportune time, as she has just received a telegram from some friends that they will arrive in the city in time for luncheon.
16 November 1914
Countess Von Swatt goes on a slumming party and loses one of her calling cards in the "hash house" where Sweedie works.
01 January 2002
Kunstgriff is a brilliantly filmed black and white short film. Andre F. Nebe gives proof of his storytelling abilities in this 6 minute film.
11 January 1915
Sweedie decides to commit suicide when she is jilted by her sweetheart, the captain of the police department.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1914:
21 January 1914
Moving Picture World categorized the film as “a nonsense number”, but Normand's Won in a Closet, her second as director, displays her burgeoning talent.
25 July 1914
John Stafford is unjustly arrested on the eve of his marriage for the murder of an old gentleman whose body was found in his guardian's library.
30 May 1914
Mary Jones, slavey, lonely and unloved, advertises in a matrimonial paper for a good man to marry her.
21 November 1914
In the second entry of the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, is temporarily assigned as a telegraph operator at Quarry Depot; bad blood springs up between two men who are seeking Helen's favor, but to whom she has remained impartial.
05 June 1914
In search of a maid, Mrs. Cook, an aristocratic and extremely proud society woman, goes to an employment agency and hires Luna, fat, awkward and straight from Sweden.
01 January 1914
In ancient times Rome looked upon Carthage as her greatest rival, and determined to plan her downfall.
10 May 1914
Norma, a dancer, receives many presents from admirers. Among them she finds a peculiar looking box, out of which spring several poisonous snakes.
20 November 1914
The death of her father brought Sylvia Fairfax face to face with conditions which she was unequipped to handle, and, after an unsuccessful attempt to fill the position of governess in the Windermere home, caused her to go to New York.
05 April 1914
A convivial evening at Hoag's Tavern is interrupted by a young companion, William Fentise, declaring to the assembled company that he is very much in love with Sylvia, known as "Cherry," the beautiful daughter of Mr.
24 January 1914
To err is human, but in the end, goodness of heart will prevail and the one who has committed an offense against man-made laws may come out of the mire and develop into a law abiding and god-fearing citizen.
24 August 1914
Sweedie, the cook at the Prim household, is a little too rough to suit Mr. Prim, who is about three feet shorter than herself.
Have you watched A Maid of War yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1914 The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company.