Walter R. Booth Movies

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 man's invention brings waxworks of historical figures to life

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

A small dog thwarts burglars in this British short film.

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 magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.

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

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

An inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships.

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

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.

A lady uses a series of newspaper spreads to create various objects including a man, a clock and a dog.

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

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...

A robot chauffeur takes a newly married couple on their honeymoon to the planet Saturn and then on a trip under the sea.

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...

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

The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's...

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 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...