A Lover's Lost Control

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A Lover's Lost Control

1915

0h 22m

5.7(3 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy.

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12 members

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Syd Chaplin

Gussle

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Phyllis Allen

Gussle's Wife

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Phyllis Allen

Shoe Customer

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Joy Lewis

Shoe Customer's Daughter

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Wayland Trask

Janitor

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Jay Belasco

Shoe Clerk

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Billie Bennett

Customer

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Minnie Chaplin

Customer

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Charles Lakin

Dishware Clerk

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Grover Ligon

Man Calling Police

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Wesley Ruggles

Shoe Clerk

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Josef Swickard

Customer

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