The Rink

Title: The Rink (Silent film soundtrack)
Composer: Greg Smith
Instrumentation: Piano
Product medium: PDF score
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FILM:
    Written by: Charles Chaplin, Vincent Bryan & Maverick Terrell
    Starring: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman & Albert Austin
    Directors: Charles Chaplin & Edward Brewer
    Year of release: 1916

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