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Alice Day (center).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Soapsuds Lady
(1925) United States of America
B&W : [?] Two? reels
Directed by Arthur Rosson
Cast: Alice Day [Betty Tucker], William McCall [Hank Tucker, Betty’s father], Sunshine Hart [Mrs. Tucker, Betty’s mother], Billy Gilbert [Grandpa Tucker], Barney Hellum [Waldo Finkle], Danny O’Shea [Jack Norton], Eugenia Gilbert [Irene Uppington], Ruth Taylor [a bathing beauty], Thelma Hill, Marion McDonald, Roger Moore, Kathryn Stanley
Distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Gus Meins, from a screen story by Hampton Del Ruth, Jack Jevne and Vernon Smith. Production supervision by John A. Waldron. Cinematography by George Crocker. Special cinematography by Ernie Crockett. Film editor, William Hornbeck. Intertitles written by A.H. Giebler (Al Giebler). Presented by Mack Sennett. / Released 18 November 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 28 November 1925, page ?] The story presents a series of gags and fast-action incidents based on a plot which is concerned with the romance of a girl who works in a laundry and a wealthy chap. The girl's parents believe her the prize which will win affluence for them and, deceived by the villain, who hires expensive clothes and poses as a rich man, they try to marry her off to him. But Betty loves the other boy - the one who saved her life and who is engaged to a society girl he doesn't love. With the help of circumstance and a lot of determination on the part of the two lovers, Betty and Jack realize their ambition to become husband and wife.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 20 January 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
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