
A Monkey Movie Star
1921-07-04 · 30 min · Not rated
Joe dreams he has become a high-salaried, temperamental movie star.
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- Directors
- Harry Burns
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- Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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- Released
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Joe MartinSelf
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