Walter R. Booth Movies

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

A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

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 miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.

Stop-motion animation of putty modeling itself into faces.

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...

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

Vesuvius erupts and people escape from a room as the ceiling falls.

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...

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

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

Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.

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.

"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

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

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 small dog thwarts burglars in this British short film.