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UNITED STATES · 1909

Pranks

D.W. Griffith
Classical Hollywood cross-dressing practical jokes gender roles mistaken identity bathing
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Synopsis

Tom and Ethel separately decide to go bathing in a river. Pranksters switch their clothes and they each have to dress up as the opposite sex.

Year1909
CountryUnited States
DirectorD.W. Griffith
MovementClassical Hollywood
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