Paul Merton's Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema

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• Genre(s): Documentary
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Paul Merton
• Cast(s): Paul Merton, Suki Webster, Serge Bromberg, Neil Brand, Suzie Plumb See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 59min
• Music: Neil Brand
• Similar To: A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough, The Perfect Neighbor
• Story:
  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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