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A Mirthquake Of Twenty Years Ago AKA Flypaper…
Description
Unused / unissued material -
Full title reads: "A Mirthquake of Twenty Years Ago".
Introductory Intertitle reads: "Over a score of years ago, Max Linder, the famous Comedian - made a comedy dealing with the prehistoric theme of fly-paper. Our fathers roared at it - let's see what it looks...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 60506
- Sort Number:
- UN 0001 B (P)
- Time in/Out:
- 01:19:38:00 / 01:23:50:00
- Canister:
- UN 1 B (P)
- Film ID:
- 1694.05
- Issue Date:
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