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

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

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...

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

A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

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

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....

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...

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...

Stop-motion animation of putty modeling itself into faces.

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...

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

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

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.