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THE GAY SHOE CLERK (1903) A SILENT FILM REVIEW
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THE GAY SHOE CLERK
The male moviegoer watchg The Gay Shoe Clerk gets the pleasure of a forbidn close view, while punishment is meted out to someone else—a cematic pattern wh a long life.
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