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Release date May 1895 (1895-05) Country United Kingdom Director Robert W. Paul | 2.7/5 Mubi Produced by Robert W. Paul Running time 24 secs Initial release 1896 Producer Robert W. Paul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Productioncompany Paul's Animatograph Works Similar The Derby, Rough Sea at Dover, Army Life; or - How Soldiers, A Chess Dispute, Blackfriars Bridge |
Footpads is an 1895 British short silent drama film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring a top-hatted pedestrian against a rainy London backdrop, who is assaulted by three footpads and rescued by a passing policeman. The "atmospheric" film, "is chiefly of interest for its imaginative approach to background décor," where according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "some effort has been made towards establishing a sense of realism." Roland-François Lack of University College London points out that this painted backdrop looks like "a hybrid of Trafalgar Square, with its electric advertisement for Bovril, and Piccadilly Circus, with the advertisement for Mellin's Food", but has discovered that it in fact represents Ludgate Circus.
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