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

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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