Walter R. Booth Movies

An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real...

Stop-motion animation of putty modeling itself into faces.

A clerk, unable to stop playing the game of Diabolo, strays in and out of precarious situations while playing with the toy.

Two sports are seen drinking beer and arguing as to the qualities of certain prize fighters. They make a bet, and to prove it, each pulls his...

A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.

"Magic" film using the art of animation and stop motion to do a surreal experiment with paper.

A man's invention brings waxworks of historical figures to life

A man and a woman talk beside a street near a corner where a cop stands. Just as a horse-drawn cart rounds the corner, the man backs off the sidewalk...

Animated film featuring the hand of Walter R. Booth drawing a coster and his donah who come to life and dance. The hand then crumples up the paper...

Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.

Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost.

An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.

It might not take you long to cotton on to the trick of this film, but the results are still impressive. Though the various strings, wools and...

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

The scene is a railroad track on the side of a steep mountain, with a tunnel in the background, toward which a train is running at a high rate of...

A statue of Hope revives and finds a home for a waif.

A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

An up to date idea and a great picture. The professor sits in his laboratory with his newly invented baby incubator. A mother who is anxious for the...

Here we present a picture that simply convulses an audience with laughter. The scene opens in the bedroom of a hotel. A traveler appears, evidently a...

Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.