Watch The Clown and His Donkey (1910) Online

The ancient art of shadow play made a natural transition to the cinema. Though it is most associated with the German animator Lotte Reiniger and her 1926 silhouette animation feature The Adventures of Prince Achmed, artists like Charles Armstrong had already made films with the technique. Unlike others he uses the negative image to create white character on black backgrounds. He made at least half a dozen films, including a WWI series “Armstrong’s Trick War Incidents”, but they do not appear to survive. The surviving German title is evidence of the films’ international appeal. Read More

Watch The Clown and His Donkey online. Featuring , The Clown and His Donkey is classified as genre movie with an average rating across the web of 4. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in United Kingdom and was released on 1910. The Clown and His Donkey was directed by Charles Armstrong. Read Less