Movies: Walter R. Booth

  • 1900
    Plucked From The Burning

    Plucked From The Burning (1900)

    Plucked From The Burning

    01900HD

    Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown....

    Plucked From The Burning
  • 1912
    The Jester's Joke

    The Jester's Joke (1912)

    The Jester's Joke

    6.51912HD

    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 dog, she lets clowns appear; one female, and two male. The male clowns fight each other over the girl w...

    The Jester's Joke
  • 1901
    The Waif and the Wizard

    The Waif and the Wizard (1901)

    The Waif and the Wizard

    6.51901HD

    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 another early example of a two-shot film along the lines of Paul's earlier film Come Along Do!. The you...

    The Waif and the Wizard
  • 1911
    Animated Putty

    Animated Putty (1911)

    Animated Putty

    5.51911HD

    Stop-motion animation of putty modeling itself into faces....

    Animated Putty
  • 1907
    A Juvenile Scientist

    A Juvenile Scientist (1907)

    A Juvenile Scientist

    01907HD

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

    A Juvenile Scientist
  • 1902
    The Extraordinary Waiter

    The Extraordinary Waiter (1902)

    The Extraordinary Waiter

    3.51902HD

    A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter....

    The Extraordinary Waiter
  • 1911
    The Automatic Motorist

    The Automatic Motorist (1911)

    The Automatic Motorist

    5.91911HD

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

    The Automatic Motorist
  • 1907
    The Waif and the Statue

    The Waif and the Statue (1907)

    The Waif and the Statue

    01907HD

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

    The Waif and the Statue
  • 1907
    Comedy Cartoons

    Comedy Cartoons (1907)

    Comedy Cartoons

    7.51907HD

    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 cigarette. The chalk head smokes, and finally eats, the cigarette. The head of a woman is drawn, which gr...

    Comedy Cartoons
  • 1903
    Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent

    Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent (1903)

    Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent

    51903HD

    Filmed on a mountain railway from Caux to Rochers de Naye, Switzerland. Originally filmed in 68mm. The film was advertised as being available in 'standard Edison gauge' (35mm) at a total length of 620ft, which included both ascent and descent. The su...

    Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent
  • 1903
    Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent

    Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent (1903)

    Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent

    51903HD

    Filmed on a mountain railway from Caux to Rochers de Naye, Switzerland. Originally filmed in 68mm. The film was advertised as being available in 'standard Edison gauge' (35mm) at a total length of 620ft, which included both ascent and descent. The su...

    Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent
  • 1911
    The Aerial Anarchists

    The Aerial Anarchists (1911)

    The Aerial Anarchists

    01911HD

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

    The Aerial Anarchists
  • 1901
    The Devil in the Studio

    The Devil in the Studio (1901)

    The Devil in the Studio

    01901HD

    Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear....

    The Devil in the Studio
  • 1907
    Willie's Magic Wand

    Willie's Magic Wand (1907)

    Willie's Magic Wand

    5.31907HD

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

    Willie's Magic Wand
  • 1907
    When the Devil Drives

    When the Devil Drives (1907)

    When the Devil Drives

    01907HD

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

    When the Devil Drives
  • 1907
    Diabolo Nightmare

    Diabolo Nightmare (1907)

    Diabolo Nightmare

    4.51907HD

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

    Diabolo Nightmare
  • 1909
    Animated Cotton

    Animated Cotton (1909)

    Animated Cotton

    41909HD

    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 embroideries if this film are certainly animated in one sense, it is not through stop-motion animation. The...

    Animated Cotton
  • 1912
    Paper Cuttings

    Paper Cuttings (1912)

    Paper Cuttings

    41912HD

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

    Paper Cuttings
  • 1910
    The Electrical Vitalizer

    The Electrical Vitalizer (1910)

    The Electrical Vitalizer

    01910HD

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

    The Electrical Vitalizer
  • 1906
    A Lively Quarter Day

    A Lively Quarter Day (1906)

    A Lively Quarter Day

    5.21906HD

    A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's....

    A Lively Quarter Day