Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President Trailer (1939)
"Damon Runyan's Gay American Story!"01 December 1939Comedy70 mins
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
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