Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

Name: Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1895-06-20
Duration: 1 min
Rating: 3

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Year: 1895

Runtime: 1 min

Type: Movie

Genre: Documentary

Overview

A tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' caricaturist performing his act for the camera and producing a large profile caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The loss of the rest of the film has bequeathed us 6 seconds that are of Mechem standing next to the completed portrait and sadly, that is all there is. An early film made by Birt Acres for R.W. Paul. (see release information for further detail).