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The Soap-Suds Star (1915) Online
Original Title :
The Soap-Suds Star
Genre :
Movie / Comedy / Short
Year :
1915
Cast :
Carey L. Hastings,Reg Perry
Writer :
Lloyd Lonergan
Type :
Movie
Time :
15min
Rating :
5.4/10
The Soap-Suds Star (1915) Online

Some of the vaudeville manager's "star acts" had failed to make good, others were still detained abroad. The manager called his press agent in, scolded him and ordered him to secure a vaudeville team, adding that "they must be extremely funny and extremely cheap." Within a short time the agent returned and proudly announced he had found "an absolute novelty, and a joint salary of $15." "I dodged all the agencies," he explained, "and down on one of the side streets I ran across an old-time ham actor. I followed him. He went into a laundry and tried to get his duds out without paying for them. Well, the woman who ran the joint was a regular comedy queen. She didn't say much, but she certainly was full of 'pep.' She nearly wrecked the laundry with that actor, and I never laughed so much in my life. When I offered them an engagement the man balked, but the woman accepted for both of them, saying he could work out his laundry bill anyhow." The manager tried the act out, and it made a big ...
Credited cast:
Carey L. Hastings Carey L. Hastings - Sophie - the Star / Juliet
Reg Perry Reg Perry - The Husband / Romeo (as Reginald Perry)