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Those Good Old Days (1913)

His subjects have been vainly petitioning the king for improvements in his reign, without avail. The king pays too much attention to the sweetheart of a country bumpkin who shows his resentment by chasing his royal highness with a pistol and perforating the royal legs. The king takes refuge in the top of a tree, from which ignominious position he is finally rescued by his courtiers. In consideration of the bumpkin promising not to tell the queen of this latest escapade, the king grants the petition of his subjects.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Fred MaceFred MaceKing Fizzle
  • Photo of Mabel NormandMabel NormandThe Peasant Girl
  • Photo of Mack SennettMack SennettThe Peasant
  • Photo of Ford SterlingFord SterlingThe Jester
  • Photo of Laura OakleyLaura OakleyThe Queen

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