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
Production company	Keystone Studios
Release date	July 19, 1915 (1915-07-19)
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Dirty Work in a Laundry is a 1915 American short comedy film featuring Ford Sterling and Minta Durfee. It was re-released in 1918 as The Desperate Scoundrel. ^[1]

Cast

• Ford Sterling
• Minta Durfee
• Harry Bernard

Preservation

The film survives, and was released on 8mm and 16mm several times by Blackhawk Films.16mm prints are held by both George Eastman House ^[2] and Pacific Film Archive. ^[3]

See also

• List of American films of 1915

References

1. 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.
2. "Dirty Work in a Laundry". collections.eastman.org. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
3. "UC Berkley Library: A desperate scoundrel". search.library.berkeley.edu. Retrieved August 29, 2025.

External links

• Dirty Work in a Laundry at IMDb