A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what he is doing. The child looks next at grandma's eye, then at a kitten.
Watch the official Grandma's Reading Glass 1900 trailer in HD below.
Harold Smith as Willy, the Little Grandson
George Albert Smith Producer
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United Kingdom 01 November 1900
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La lupa de leer de la abuela Grandma's Reading Glass es un corto británico de 1900 dirigida por George Albert Smith en el que nos presenta a un joven Willy ...
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