My Old Dutch (1915 film)

My Old Dutch
Joe (Albert Chevalier) counts up his fast-dwindling savings with his "Old Dutch" (Florence Turner)
Directed by	Laurence Trimble
Produced by	Florence Turner
Written by	Albert Chevalier Arthur Shirley
Starring	Albert Chevalier Florence Turner
Production company	Turner Films
Distributed by	Ideal Films (UK) Universal Pictures (US)
Release date	June 1915 (UK) November 22, 1915 (1915-11-22) (US)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent English intertitles

My Old Dutch is a 1915 British silent drama film directed by Laurence Trimble and starring Albert Chevalier and Florence Turner. A film version of Chevalier's internationally renowned song, it was seen by millions in Great Britain during the First World War and was also a success in the United States.

Described as "an unashamed tear-jerker" by film writer Clive Hirschhorn,My Old Dutch is the story of a devoted marriage over 40 years—from the couple's meeting until their rescue from a gender-segregated workhouse in their old age. The screenplay was inspired by Albert Chevalier's celebrated song, "My Old Dutch" (1892). The title is a Cockney colloquialism for a partner or friend—or, in this case, wife.

My Old Dutch is considered the most important film in which American film star Florence Turner worked while heading her own independent film company in England. The film was produced by Turner Films and financed by the Ideal Film Company, Britain's largest distributor of motion pictures. Ideal commissioned the film to showcase the revered music hall comedian, singer and actor Albert Chevalier, whose 1892 song "My Old Dutch" was internationally renowned. Turner received second billing, but she received the same fee, £500, that was paid to Chevalier, making her the highest-paid woman in British film.

Director Laurence Trimble said that the film had "a universal appeal, something striking deep in human nature, not dependent upon race or prejudice and comprehensible to both old and young. The theme in this instance is idyllic love."