Cleaning Time

Cleaning Time
Eva Bell and Babe Hardy in a publicity still from Cleaning Time
Directed byWill Louis
Written byWill Louis
Produced byArthur Hotaling
StarringOliver Hardy
Release date
  • April 13, 1915 (1915-04-13)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Cleaning Time is a 1915 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. It was made in Jacksonville, Florida, for the Lubin Company.[1][2]

Plot

John Herringbone is set to doing household chores by his wife. He breaks crockery and empties dirty water into the laundry; Mrs. Herringbone attacks him for his incompetence. Sent outdoors to water the lawn, he carelessly sprays the hose at passersby, including an attractive young woman.[3]

Cast

  • Oliver Hardy as John Herringbone (as Babe Hardy)
  • Eva Bell as Mrs. Herringbone

References

  1. ^ Louvish, Simon (2005). Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy. Macmillan. p. 481. ISBN 978-0-312-32598-5.
  2. ^ Miller, Blair (April 18, 2013). Almost Hollywood: The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7618-5994-9.
  3. ^ "Stories of the Films". The Moving Picture World: 284. April 10, 1915 – via Internet Archive.

See also