Pay Day(1918)
The screen novelty of all novelties
The Drews are considering new scripts when they decide to produce Pay-Day, the melodramatic story of the wealthy and sinister Kirke Brentwood and his lower-class wife, Doris Fenton.
Movie: Pay Day
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Kirke Brentwood
Doris Fenton
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