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An Unlucky Present
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

Nestor Film Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Produced by David Horsley. / Released 1 January 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [From Nester promotional materials] An exceedingly pretty fotocomedy woven around a rising young lawyer, an ambitious manicuriste and an innocent diamond ring — singularly sweet, joyfully humorous and thoroughly entertaining. GET IT!

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 20 May 2012.

References: MovPicWorld-19120106 p. 6 : Website-IMDb.