My Lady's Ankle
★ 9 · 1920 · 15m · Comedy
Not being able to afford fine stockings, a young artist paints his wife's legs to create the illusion for her dance performance in a cabaret. It works so successfully that other women want to follow her example, which leads to several fights with angry husbands and lovers.
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