The Clown and His Donkey (1910)
- Directed by
- Charles Armstrong
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 3 min
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 4 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 clown plays with his donkey in a series of animated scenes. The short film uses silhouette animation to show their interactions.
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What happens
The Clown and His Donkey is a 1910 animated short film featuring silhouette animation. It was written, directed, and produced by the British animator Charles Armstrong. It was his third known silhouette animated film, following The Sporting Mice (1909) and Votes for Women: A Caricature (1909). The Clown and His Donkey is Armstrong's only surviving film, though he continued directing animated films until 1915. All of Armstrong's animated films were distributed by the Charles Urban Trading Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Donkey Party (1901)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.