Tommy Atkins in the Park

Tommy Atkins in the Park
Screenshot from the film
Directed by	Robert W. Paul
Produced by	Robert W. Paul
Cinematography	Robert W. Paul
Production company	Paul's Animatograph Works
Release date	August 1898 (1898-08)
Running time	47 secs
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent

Tommy Atkins in the Park is an 1898 British short black-and-white silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring a 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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. Brooke, Michael. "Tommy Atkins in the Park". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
2. "Tommy Atkins in the Park". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
3. Merton, Paul. "How They Laughed". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 24 April 2011.

External links

• Tommy Atkins in the Park at IMDb