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Ladies' Skirts Nailed to a Fence

Ladies' Skirts Nailed to a Fence

1899•1m•4.6/10
Comedy

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4.6/10(16)

Two women in long skirts, wearing hats, and carrying umbrellas, gossip beside a fence. Two men on the other side of the fence reach through from underneath and nail the women's skirts to the boards. Off the men run leaving the women to discover their fate. What will they do?

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Production

Bamforth Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

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