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Luke’s Washful Waiting
(1916) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Hal Roach?
Cast: Harold Lloyd [Lonesome Luke], Bebe Daniels [the girl], Harry Pollard (Snub Pollard)
The Rolin Film Company production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Hal Roach. / Released 3 July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Pivture World]? Luke gets an afternoon off and calls for his fair one to give her the air. Luke is a sport. They have an untimely accident, however, and when they pick themselves out of the mud, they hike to the nearest tailor-shop. Bebe, his fair one, can’t be accommodated by the tailor, because he’s not that kind of a tailor, so she goes next door to a Chinese laundry to be washed and ironed. The places adjoin, and the sweethearts, unable to restrain their ardor, make love through the wall in a series of poetic love-taps. But it’s a long love that has no stitch in time, and Bebe, lacking the conventional accoutrements of public appearance, has a hard time of it with some young gallants who discover in the Chink’s place “that indescribable charm.” There’s a fire to add to the speed of the thing, which ends up in a medley of pants, flat-irons, Luke, a fire-hose, Bebe, a fire-hose, pig-tails, a fire-hose, and a fire-hose.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 1 December 2022.
References: Braff-Short n. 13798 : Website-IMDb; Website-Lloyd.
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