Tommy Atkins in the Park (1898)
- Directed by
- Robert W. Paul
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1 min
- Rating
- 4.7 of 10 from 6 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.
How it feels
A couple flirting in a park is interrupted by a heavy-set older woman. They try various tricks to get her to leave so they can be alone.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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