A silent film featuring Brownie the Dog.
Smith
The Hotel Owner's Daughter
A silent film featuring Brownie the Dog.
1922-02-22
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A drunk staggers into his apartment and falls asleep. He dreams he climbs to the top of a building and flies to the moon, then falls back to earth. When he wakes, still drunk, he is in his apartment.
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