Getting Gertie's Garter

Getting Gertie's Garter

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1927 · 70 min · ★ 8.0 · Romance, Comedy

Attorney Ken Walrick, not quite realizing the difference between a garter and a bracelet, gives Gertie Darling a bejewelled garter with his photograph in miniature attached. But then he must cover his indiscretion by getting the garter back before his fiancee finds out.

Directed by E. Mason Hopper · Written by Tay Garnett

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