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67% Csfd Produced by Robert W. Paul Running time 47 secs Initial release August 1898 Cinematography Robert W. Paul | 2.9/5 Mubi Directed by Robert W. Paul Release date August 1898 (1898-08) Country United Kingdom Director Robert W. Paul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tommy Atkins in the Park is an 1898 British short black-and-white silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring 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.
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