| Tommy Atkins in the Park | |
| Director: | Robert W. Paul |
| Producer: | Robert W. Paul |
| Cinematography: | Robert W. Paul |
| Studio: | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Runtime: | 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]