The Clown Barber (1898)

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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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