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The Wooden Leg
UNITED STATES · 1909

The Wooden Leg

D.W. Griffith
arranged marriage class difference deception true love parental control
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Synopsis

A father wants to marry his daughter to a rich man, but she's in love with someone else. She borrows a tramp's wooden leg, pretending that it's hers, and the disgusted suitor rejects her.

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