Come Along, Do! (1898)

Directed by

Robert W. Paul

Genre

comedy film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1 min

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly couple are having lunch outside an art exhibition. The man becomes very interested in a nude statue inside, which annoys his wife.

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What happens

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only 38 seconds has survived. The whole of the second shot is only available as film stills. The film features an elderly man at an art gallery who takes a great interest in a nude statue to the irritation of his wife. The film has cinematographic significance as the first example of film continuity. It was, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "one of the first films to feature more than one shot." In the first shot, an elderly couple is outside an art exhibition having lunch and then follow other people inside through the door. The second shot shows what they do inside. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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