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The Clown Barber (1898)

The Clown Barber poster
Directed by
James Williamson
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1 min
Rating
1.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A clown works as a barber and gets into silly situations. The film is a very early silent comedy from the late 1890s.

shortslapstickplayfullightheartedquirkylow-energysimplewhimsical

What happens

The Clown Barber is an 1898 British short black-and-white silent film directed and produced by the Scottish film pioneer James Williamson. The film was produced in Brighton and Hove. The actual film is 21.34 m long. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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