Walter R. Booth Movies

A mix of spectacle, animation and dance, the film reveals an early delight in the potential for creative fun with film form. Its director, Walter R....

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.

The devil hijacks a train trip in France. Made by magician turned filmmaker Walter Booth, who established the Charles Urban Trading Company to make...

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...

On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome....

Punished for mistreating the family pets, a young boy uses his chemistry set to wreak revenge on his parents.

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...

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

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...

A jovial looking man is seated nearest the window of a restaurant. He has just finished his meal and the waiter brings a glass of beer, and when he...

The artist is presented, with his board: his only appearance. The hand rapidly outlines a human head, into the chalky jaws of which it inserts a...

Anarchists build a super aircraft and bomb a railway, a fort and St. Paul's.

A magician's son plays tricks with his father's magic wand.

A cheeky female jester uses the smoke of her cigarette to make things appear and disappear. After showing her talents by playing with a chair or a...

A small dog thwarts burglars in this British short film.

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

Filmed on a mountain railway from Caux to Rochers de Naye, Switzerland. Originally filmed in 68mm. The film was advertised as being available in...

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

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

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...