The Quack Doctor

The Quack Doctor

NR 1920 · 23 min · ★ 9.0 · Comedy

In one of the handful of Sennett/ Paramount Films to survive we visit a traveling medicine show.

Directed by George Gray · Written by Margaret Houghton

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