A London laundress attempts to rise above her station in order to capture the love of a wealthy young man, thus missing out on the truer love of one of her own class.A London laundress attempts to rise above her station in order to capture the love of a wealthy young man, thus missing out on the truer love of one of her own class.A London laundress attempts to rise above her station in order to capture the love of a wealthy young man, thus missing out on the truer love of one of her own class.
Rose Dione
- Madame Jeanne Gallifilet Didier
- (as Rosa Dione)
Lavender the Horse
- Ex polo pony
- (as Lavendor the Horse)
Taylor N. Duncan
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Joan Marsh
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Nadyne Montgomery
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Theodore Roberts
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Hal Wilson
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaContemporary sources state that the harsh conclusion generated such widespread criticism that a second, happy ending was filmed in which Amanda lives happily on Lady Burke's estate with Lavender and Ben.
- Quotes
Title card: Imagination is God's greatest gift... Even a hungry flea on a toy dog may be happy - with imagination!
- Alternate versionsAfter audiences complained about the original, unhappy ending, the studio filmed two happy endings, one for the American release and another for foreign audiences. Both are contained on the 2005 DVD.
- ConnectionsEdited into American Experience: Mary Pickford (2005)
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Uneven, But Generally Enjoyable
While it's more uneven than usual for a Mary Pickford feature, "Suds" is generally enjoyable, with a mix of material that works often enough to make it worthwhile. Pickford's character was something of a change-of-pace for her, in that many of the character's problems here are simply her own fault, not the result of circumstance. There is also more silly humor than you expect from Mary, but then there are some better comedy sequences that she pulls off as well as ever.
The story has Pickford as Amanda, a day-dreamer working in a hand laundry, where the other employees see her as a ridiculous romantic at best, and an inept nuisance at worst. The plot is carried in part by her far-fetched fantasies, and in part by her efforts to help out the old horse who pulls the laundry's delivery cart. Most of the scenes hold up well enough on their own, but as a whole it never really seems to get off the ground. Fortunately, Mary could make even the most negligible material seem watchable, so most of it works all right, and there are a couple of very good sequences. With a lesser star, it probably would have fallen apart, and overall it probably gets about as much as it could have from the material.
The story has Pickford as Amanda, a day-dreamer working in a hand laundry, where the other employees see her as a ridiculous romantic at best, and an inept nuisance at worst. The plot is carried in part by her far-fetched fantasies, and in part by her efforts to help out the old horse who pulls the laundry's delivery cart. Most of the scenes hold up well enough on their own, but as a whole it never really seems to get off the ground. Fortunately, Mary could make even the most negligible material seem watchable, so most of it works all right, and there are a couple of very good sequences. With a lesser star, it probably would have fallen apart, and overall it probably gets about as much as it could have from the material.
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- Apr 13, 2004
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- Gross worldwide
- $772,155
- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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