| Tommy Atkins in the Park | |
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 Screenshot from the film | |
| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Cinematography | Robert W. Paul |
Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
Release date |
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Running time | 47 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Tommy Atkins in the Park is an 1898 British short black-and-white silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring a couple courting in a park who are forced to use desperate measures to get rid of a stout matron who interrupts them. The film was a remake of Alfred Moul's The Soldier's Courtship (1896). It is included on the BFI DVD R.W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895-1908 and a clip is featured in Paul Merton's interactive guide to early British silent comedy How They Laughed on the BFI website.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ Brooke, Michael. "Tommy Atkins in the Park". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ↑ "Tommy Atkins in the Park". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ↑ Merton, Paul. "How They Laughed". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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