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Lady Bountiful Visits the Murphys on Wash Day
(1903) United States of America
B&W : [?] 65 or 67? feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company and Kleine Optical Company. / Cinematography by A.E. Weed. / © 4 September 1903 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H35395]. Released September 1903. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format?

Comedy.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] This is a splendid comedy scene. Lady Bountiful, stylishly dressed, is standing in front of the wash tub talking to Mrs. Murphy. The small boy places the end of Lady Bountiful’s train in the wringer and then grinds hard, forcing Lady Bountiful to sit down in the suds, from which predicament she is rescued with difficulty.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 June 2012.

References: Altman-Sound p. 99 : Website-AFI.