Dirty Work in a Laundry (1915)

• 55%
• 1915
• Comedy
• Ford Sterling
• Ford Sterling
• Minta Durfee
• Harry Bernard

A scoundrel of a man is desperate for some food or money in part to pay his rent. He changes his focus when he spies a pretty girl working in a laundry. His attempts to win her fail because of her boyfriend who also works in the laundry. But the scoundrel goes back to his original quest when he sees that a bag of money has just been handed over to the laundry's manager. Using a little ingenuity, the scoundrel manages to steal the money. Due to circumstances, the manager believes the boyfriend stole the money. But as the scoundrel, the boyfriend, the pretty laundry clerk and the manager go about their daily business, the money inadvertently gets passed from one to another. The scoundrel tries to get the money back while eluding the police while mayhem around them all ensues.