Pierrette's Escapades (1900)
Genre : Romance
Runtime : 2M
Director : Alice Guy-Blaché
Synopsis
Columbine resists Pierrette's courting in favour of Harlequin in this hand-coloured short by Alice Guy.
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A dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow.
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