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Sally Scraggs: Housemaid (1913)

Sally Scraggs: Housemaid poster
Original title
Sally Scrags, Housemaid
Directed by
Robert Z. Leonard
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
10 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A novelist decides to research her next book by working undercover as a housemaid in a boarding house. She pretends to be a servant so she can observe the residents and gather material.

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What happens

Sally Scraggs, Housemaid is a 1913 American silent short comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Leonard, Margarita Fischer and Laura Oakley. In order to find material for her next work, a novelist pretends to be a housemaid and gains employment in a boarding house. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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