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Pierrot in Montreal

Donald Ginsberg

1957 30 min

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In this documentary short, Canadian mime Guy Hoffman, acting as Pierrot, introduces us to the art of pantomime. The streets of Montreal and the Belmont Amusement Park are the backdrop for the traditional story of Pierrot, who loses his love, Columbine, to Harlequin.

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  1955 46 films

  This TV series from the mid-1950s blended documentary and fiction to tell Canadian stories from a Canadian perspective.

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In this documentary short, Canadian mime Guy Hoffman, acting as Pierrot, introduces us to the art of pantomime. The streets of Montreal and the Belmont Amusement Park are the backdrop for the traditional story of Pierrot, who loses his love, Columbine, to Harlequin.

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Credits

• director
  Donald Ginsberg
  
• producer
  David Bairstow
  
• script
  Allan Wargon
  
• photography
  John Foster
  
• sound
  Frank Orban
  
• editing
  Stephen Timar
  
• sound editing
  Stuart Baker
  
• cast
  Anne Collings
  
  Guy Hoffman
  
  Fred Smith
  

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