Poor Daddy (1929)

I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, along with other pictures of the era that I find interesting, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. "He has almost no money... Mother-in-law berates him and sneaks around with another man... and he is about as courageous as a turtle... Poor Daddy!" This early Chinese comedy is about a man who seems to never catch a break, as well as his son who always fights for him. While the picture does rely on some misogynistic tropes for some of the humor, there are stunts, fights, and more than a few surprises in

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