Matrimony's Speed Limit

Matrimony's Speed Limit

1913 · 14 min · ★ 5.8 · Comedy

A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.

Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché

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