Princely Toys: One Man's Private Kingdom (1976)
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.
Cast
Recommendations
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Directed by John Ford
42 Up
Nothing Like a Dame
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
I Am Heath Ledger
A Love Song for Latasha
Come See Me in the Good Light
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
Harmontown
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
The Last Repair Shop
Above Majestic
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty