07 September 1909 Crime, Mystery 9 mins
At a house party, people are dancing.... but one of the guests slips away from his accomplice to go break open a locked cabinet and steal money. three days later, the police have not cracked the case, so it's up to Little Bobby, the Dwarf Detective, to solve the crime.
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Dwarf Detective Trailer
France 07 September 1909
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03 May 1909
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10 November 1909
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19 July 1909
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04 November 1909
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28 June 1909
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01 January 1909
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03 November 1909
Gerolamo Lo Savio's version of William Shakespeare's Othello.
22 May 1909
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21 September 1909
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