Princely Toys: One Man's Private Kingdom(1976)
45m1976-12-24
Documentary
Overview
A made for TV BBC documentary exploring Jack Donovan's antique automaton collection. The documentary focuses on the toys themselves, displaying their range of movements in plain settings while the narrator weaves stories and comments about them to the synth sounds of library music.
- Director:
- Ramsay Short
- Writers:
- Jeremy Hornsby
- Cinematographer:
- John Else
- Production:
- BBC
- Status:
- Released
Cast
Jack Donovan
Jack Donovan
himself
Gerald Harper
narrator
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