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

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.

playfulwhimsicalsimplelightheartedcharmingnostalgicinventivequiet

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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