''Playmates'' within
cinema of the United Kingdom, is a 1922 silent comic film clip of the (then) young comedian Will Hay dressed as a school boy, and playing with a girl and some mechanical children's toys, from his theatrical revue 'Listening In'.
Synopsis
Introducing some clever mechanical toys,
M'lita Dolores dressed as a young girl, stands on steps in front of a door - enter
Will Hay
William Thomson Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian who wrote and acted in a schoolmaster sketch that later transferred to the screen, where he also played other authority figures with comic failings. His film '' O ...
dressed as a schoolboy. They show each other a number of toy animals that walk and jump. They quarrel and he boylike wants the best, takes away a toy which she snatches back. They squabble but make up, and leave with an arm around each other.
Allegedly very scratchy but watchable, the clip is stored with the National Film and Television Archive.
Cast
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Will Hay
William Thomson Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian who wrote and acted in a schoolmaster sketch that later transferred to the screen, where he also played other authority figures with comic failings. His film '' O ...
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M'lita Dolores
Notes and references
1. 'Listening In' was a variety show produced August 1922 by Julius Darewski at the Apollo Theatre, London. See 'Good Morning Boys' (Ray Seaton and Roy Martin, London, 1978 pp 37–8).
External links
BFI
1922 films
British silent short films
British comedy short films
British black-and-white films
1922 comedy films
1920s British films
Silent British comedy films
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