Ambrose's First Falsehood

Ambrose's First Falsehood

1914 · 10 min · ★ 4.2 · Comedy

After running into a friend and two ladies, a married man sends his wife a note saying that he's taken a train for business, but then his wife reads that the train crashed.

Directed by F. Richard Jones

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