Mental Poise
Dec 10 1938
•0h 7m
•Comedy
In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.
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Robert Benchley
Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
John Butler
Patient
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