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Adele’s Wash Day
(1909) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 432 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Released 2 November 1909; in a split-reel with Miss Annette Kellerman (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? It is the Monday washday, but although it is after 1 o’clock Nora has not put the wash out on the line and yawns dismally over her task as she recalls the events of the Sunday christening party which is responsible for her sleepiness. She is chided by her mistress, who passes through the kitchen on her way to a shopping trip. Nora is reminded of her lateness and told that she must have the wash out in time to prepare dinner. Nora promises and for a few moments she works with frantic basic. Little Adele, the daughter of the house, is in the kitchen, being “looked after” while her mother is downtown, and to keep the busy fingers out of mischief Nora gives her a basin and toy washboard with which to launder dolly’s dress. The grocer’s boy comes with a parcel and Nora runs to the door to relieve him of his burden. He was her escort at the party and, of course, they must talk it all over. The talk passes to more personal topics, but while Sam holds Nora’s hands there is no one to perform a similar service for the clock and the minutes fly. Adele decides to help Nora out and, with soap powder and bluing, she makes a most awful mess, into which she souses everything from clothes to kittens. She winds up by overturning the tub just as her mother enters, driving the unfortunate Nora before her. Adele proudly announces the completion of the wash and leads the way to where the oddly assorted laundry swings from the line. She is sent supperless to bed and in her dreams she is arrested by a dog policeman and brought before her grandmother, whose picture was included in the wash. The old lady sternly decrees Adele’s death and she is saved from a dreadful end only by waking from her nightmare. Her cries bring her mother to her relief and forgiveness follows in a charming tableau of maternal love.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 10 December 2024.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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