Paradise(1914)
Comedy. A father whose looking for a suitable candidate for his daughter ends up having a mistress and tigers prowling all around him.
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Comedy. A father whose looking for a suitable candidate for his daughter ends up having a mistress and tigers prowling all around him.
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1914-11-20
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