Cupid at the Washtub

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1897 / 1min.

Rating4.3

Genres

Comedy

Synopsis

A playful variation on A Soldier's Courtship, producer Robert W. Paul's smash hit from the previous year, this film spies on a young man trying to tease a kiss from a young girl doing the washing at a tub. For his efforts, the man receives a dunking in the tub himself and much hilarity follows.

Directors

Robert W. Paul

Actors

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