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Suds /

A young Cockney laundress tells her friends that she is the daughter of an archduke, who has turned her out of their mansion so that she will be loved for herself, not her money. She is so desperate for love that she tells her troubles to the laundry's delivery horse. When Mary rescues the nag...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Mary Pickford Foundation, Timeline Films, Milestone Film & Video, Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Dillon, John Francis, Young, Waldemar, 1878-1938, Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979, Austin, Albert, Goodwin, Harold, 1902-1987, Dione, Rosa, Karr, Darwin, 1875-1945, Frohman, Charles, 1860-1915, Fenn, Frederick, 1868-1924, Pryce, Richard, 1864-1942
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:A silent film with musical accompaniment and English intertitles.
Published: [United States] : Milestone Film & Video ; [2005]
Series:Milestone collection.
Subjects:
Silent films.
Laundresses > Drama.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:A young Cockney laundress tells her friends that she is the daughter of an archduke, who has turned her out of their mansion so that she will be loved for herself, not her money. She is so desperate for love that she tells her troubles to the laundry's delivery horse. When Mary rescues the nag from the glue factory and brings him home with her, the result is hilarious.
Item Description:"Restored by the Mary Pickford Institute and Timeline Films"--Container.
Videodisc release of the 1920 motion picture.
Based on the Charles Frohman stage production "'Op o' me thumb" by Frederick Fenn and Richard Pryce.
Dual layer format.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Special features: Original foreign release of Suds (67 min.) with an organ score by Gaylord Carter -- An alternate happy ending with a score by the Mont Alto Orchestra -- A short side-by-side comparison of the foreign and American versions -- Suds stills gallery -- The birth of a legend (26 min., 1966), a short documentary on Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (64 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital, stereo.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Photography, Charles Rosher and L.W. O'Connell ; adaptation, Waldemar Young ; original score by Mont Alto Orchestra ; American version courtesy of the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division.