

New Deal - Useless Wooden Toys(1990)
"a graphic moving picture documentary about a part of life that the common man deems absurd and foolhardy..."
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"a graphic moving picture documentary about a part of life that the common man deems absurd and foolhardy..."
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1990-12-25
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