Paul Merton's Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema

Paul Merton's Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema

2010/03/28 • Released • English

Documentary
7.0
59m

Overview

Paul Merton goes in search of the origins of screen comedy in the forgotten world of silent cinema - not in Hollywood, but closer to home in pre-1914 Britain and France. Revealing the unknown stars and lost masterpieces, he brings to life the pioneering techniques and optical inventiveness of the virtuosos who mastered a new art form. With a playful eye and comic sense of timing, Merton combines the role of presenter and director to recreate the weird and wonderful world that is early European cinema in a series of cinematic experiments of his own.

Director : Paul Merton

Casts
Paul Merton

Paul Merton

Himself

Neil Brand

Himself

Suki Webster

Suki Webster

Herself

Serge Bromberg

Serge Bromberg

Himself

Suzie Plumb

Herself

Maud Linder

Herself

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