

The Hilarious Posters
1906-04-20 · 3 min · ★ 6.1
A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.
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- Georges Méliès
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- Star Film
- Countries
- France
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- Released
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Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer James Finlayson, with his home and their car being destroyed in the melee.

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