Paul Merton's Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema

7.0 2010 59 min
Documentary

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 masterpiece…

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Director
Paul Merton
Writers
Suki Webster, Paul Merton

Cast

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Paul Merton Himself
Neil Brand Himself
Suki Webster Herself
Serge Bromberg Himself
Suzie Plumb Herself
Maud Linder Herself

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