Lovelorn Laundress Finds Love, Part III  

              

In the story of Mabel, Lovelorn Laundress, the old tried and true movie premise, Boy Meets Girl, Boy Loses Girl, Boy Gets Girl Back, is switched around. 

In the case of this 1934 Warner Brothers Film, it's Girl Meets Boy (or at least his Union Suit Underwear)

Girl Loses the Boy Union Suit somewhere in the crowd!

Where'd he go ?!?!?  Oh no!!

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and yet in the end, Girl Gets Union Suit Boy back!

and the joyful couple walk off, arm and arm. 

Ahhh, happy ending! But is it lasting is the big question?

            You can catch this film clip by copying and pasting at:

                       https://youtu.be/iixUP9oZIS8?t=17

                                Thanks again to Warner Bros Archive!

Lovelorn Laundress Finds Love, Part II

Mabel is finally held, hugged and appreciated even if it is only the long-handled union suits she just laundered! 

That lovely girl is popular with all the boys, or at least with their long underwear!  

What's to become of Mabel and her Union Suit admirers? 

Find out soon in one more posting of Lovelorn Laundress Finds Love... Chris

Lovelorn Laundress Finds Love in this 1934 Warner Brothers Film

Nearly 90 years ago, the incomparable Joan Blondell 

as Mabel in Dames was the Girl with the Ironing Board.

 

In this musical comedy, forgotten and broken hearted Mabel 

sung as she washed, ironed and hung out...

 

Men's Underwear !! 

Infatuated with the men who owned these laundered 

union suits, she found long underwear as surrocates 

to those she was unable to capture as her own.

Their long johns would have to do!

Working in a laundry was never so much fun!

Just ask any of these washerwomen...

Music by Harry Warren and Lyrics by Al Dubin 

To Be Continued....