April Fool | |
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Directed by | Nat Ross |
Written by | Zion Myers |
Based on | a play by Alexander Carr and Edgar Allan Woolf |
Produced by | Chadwick Pictures |
Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
Distributed by | Chadwick Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | USA |
Language | Silent..English titles |
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