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Paul Merton's Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema

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Paul Merton's Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema

7.0

0h 59m

2010

Synopsis

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.

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Paul Merton

Documentary

Cast & Crew

Paul Merton

Paul Merton

as Himself

Neil Brand

as Himself

Suki Webster

Suki Webster

as Herself

Serge Bromberg

Serge Bromberg

as Himself

Suzie Plumb

as Herself

Maud Linder

as Herself

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