Dirty Work in a Laundry
| Dirty Work in a Laundry | |
|---|---|
 The villain (Sterling) first meets the heroine (Durfee) outside the titular laundry | |
| Directed by | Ford Sterling |
| Produced by | Mack Sennett |
| Starring | Ford Sterling, Minta Durfee |
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Release date |
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Running time | 18 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Dirty Work in a Laundry is a 1915 American silent comedy short film featuring Ford Sterling and Minta Durfee. It was re-released in 1918 as The Desperate Scoundrel.[1]
Cast
Preservation
The film survives, and was released on 8mm and 16mm several times by Blackhawk Films.16mm prints are held by both George Eastman Museum[2] and Pacific Film Archive.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Walker, Brent (2010). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. p. 320. ISBN 9780786457076.
- ↑ "Dirty Work in a Laundry". collections.eastman.org. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ↑ "University of California, Berkeley Library: A desperate scoundrel". search.library.berkeley.edu. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
External links
Categories:
- 1915 films
- 1915 American films
- 1915 comedy films
- 1915 English-language films
- 1915 short films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent comedy short films
- English-language comedy short films
- Films directed by Ford Sterling
- Films produced by Mack Sennett
- Keystone Studios films
- Surviving American silent films
- 1910s comedy short film stubs