Play Ball on the Beach (1906)
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Runtime : 1M
Synopsis
Stage set with painted backdrop of ocean & pier. Two women in bathing suits with broom, one catches & other swings. They argue with man in bathing suit who is refereeing & then fight with him. One woman holds him and other beats him with broom. He then picks one woman up and they all fall down.
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