''Le Clown et ses chiens'' (aka ''The Clown and His Dogs'') is an 1892 French

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animated Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anim ...

film hand-painted in colour by

Émile Reynaud Charles-Émile Reynaud (8 December 1844 – 9 January 1918) was a French inventor, responsible for the praxinoscope (an animation device patented in 1877 that improved on the zoetrope) and was responsible for the first projected animated fi ...

. It consists of 300 individually painted images and lasts about 10 minutes. It was the second film that Reynaud made for his

Théâtre Optique The Théâtre Optique (Optical Theatre) is an animated moving picture system invented by Charles-Émile Reynaud, Émile Reynaud and patented in 1888. From 28 October 1892 to March 1900 Reynaud gave over 12,800 shows to a total of over 500,000 visit ...

, after ''

Un bon bock ''Un bon bock'' (aka ''A Good Beer'') is an 1892 French short animated film directed by Émile Reynaud. Painted in 1888, it was first screened on 28 October 1892 using the Théâtre Optique process, which allowed him to project a hand-painted col ...

'' (created in 1888). The film shows a clown entering a circus ring and greeting the audience, before he starts to perform tricks with three dogs. The dogs jump through hoops, walk on a ball and jump over a wand. It premiered theatrically alongside ''

Pauvre Pierrot ''Pauvre Pierrot'' (or ''Poor Pete'') is a French short animated film directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud in 1891 and released in 1892. It consists of 500 individually painted images and lasts about 15 minutes originally. It is one of the first ...

'' and ''

'' on 28 October 1892 as part of Reynaud's ''Pantomimes Lumineuses'' program at the

Musée Grévin The ''Musée Grévin'' (; ) ( en, Grévin Museum) is a wax museum in Paris located on the Grands Boulevards in the 9th arrondissement on the right bank of the Seine, at 10, Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, France. It is open daily; an admission fee ...

and lasted until February 1894. Reynaud gave the whole presentation himself manipulating the images, accompanied by Gaston Paulin on the piano. With the exception of ''Un bon bock'', and Théâtre Optique films after this one, no footage can be found due to Reynaud throwing all of his films (except for a partial of ''Pauvre Pierrot'' and ''Autour D’une Cabine'') into the

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river in 1900.

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* 1892 films 1892 short films French short films French silent short films 1890s animated short films Films directed by Émile Reynaud French animated short films Films about clowns Silent films in color Animated films about dogs 1890s French films {{1890s-France-film-stub