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1897 British film
Hanging Out the Clothes
Directed byGeorge Albert Smith
Produced byGeorge Albert Smith
Release date
  • 1897 (1897)
Running time1 minute 30 seconds
CountryUnited Kingdom
Languagesilent

Hanging Out the Clothes is a black and white silent short comedy film shot in 1897 by British filmmaker George Albert Smith. Filmed at St Ann's Well and Garden in Brighton, the short piece shows a couple messing around whilst hanging their clothes up.

Synopsis

In the 1 minute 30 second long film it shows a couple played by Tom Green and Laura Bayley start having some fun behind the clothes that had been hung up pre shot until a woman presumably Tom Green's wife walks into frame and interrupts the couple in a comical way and starts disciplining the husband for messing around.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Gray, Frank (1998). "Smith the Showman: The Early Years of George Albert Smith". Film History. 10 (1): 8–20. JSTOR 3815398.
  2. https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/hanging-out-the-clothes
  3. https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-hanging-out-the-clothes-or-master-mistress-and-maid-1897-online
  4. https://screenwaffle.com/2020/08/18/improper-women-in-early-cinema/
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