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All on Account of the Milk

191011 minUnited States
Drama

Synopsis

A contractor in work clothes meets a young woman temporarily dressed as a maid. Each mistakes the other's social position and sustains the disguise, turning repeated purchases of milk into a courtship complicated by servants and family.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
16:35
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Frank Powell · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsFrank Powell

Behind the scenes

Frank Powell directs a Biograph comedy built around clothing and class assumptions. The household errand gives the characters repeated opportunities to continue their mutual misunderstanding.

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