Movies: Walter R. Booth
- 1912
The Jester's Joke (1912)
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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...
- 1901
The Haunted Curiosity Shop (1901)
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An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop....
- 1900
A Railway Collision (1900)
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The scene is a railroad track on the side of a steep mountain, with a tunnel in the background, toward which a train is running at a high rate of speed. At this instant the audience is appalled at the sight of a second train rushing out of the tunnel...
- 1901
An Over-Incubated Baby (1901)
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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 growth of her child enters, places her baby in care of the professor, who promptly places it in the i...
- 2018
Secrets of British Animation (2018)
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BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness of some of the great animation pioneers who have worked in Britain – trailblazing talents such as Len Lye,...
- 1900
Chinese Magic (1900)
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Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost....
- 1899
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies (1899)
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A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience....
- 1901
Artistic Creation (1901)
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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 woman. He then continuous drawing the lady, one body part after the other....
- 1907
The Sorcerer's Scissors (1907)
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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. Booth had been described as making British films which attempted to out-Méliès Méliès....
- 1906
The '?' Motorist (1906)
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A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage....
- 1901
The Magic Sword (1901)
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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. The Knight commands her to leave, and when he is about to force her away she sits on her broom and ri...
- 1903
Pocket Boxers (1903)
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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 favorite pugilist from his pocket, and they set them on the table. A hot battle ensues, in which one of the ...
- 1901
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901)
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Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth and was filmed at Paul's Animatograph Works. It was released in November 1901. As was common in cinema'...
- 1909
The Airship Destroyer (1909)
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An inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships....
- 1901
The Waif and the Wizard (1901)
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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...
- 1899
The Miser's Doom (1899)
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A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears....
- 1903
An Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903)
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A man and a woman talk beside a street near a corner where a cop stands. Just as a horse-drawn cart rounds the corner, the man backs off the sidewalk saying good-by to his companion. The horse and cart flatten him and continue on, out of the camera's...
- 1907
Diabolo Nightmare (1907)
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A clerk, unable to stop playing the game of Diabolo, strays in and out of precarious situations while playing with the toy....
- 1901
The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)
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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 places the glass upon the table, lo, a little sailor boy about six inches high appears from the foam, ...
- 1901
Undressing Extraordinary (1901)
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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 "little worse for wear." After stretching and yawning, he proceeds to disrobe. He throws off his coa...