Walter R. Booth Movies

Using a futuristic submarine, pirates kidnap a young couple, torpedo a passenger ship, travel under the sea to salvage bullion, then make their...

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

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...

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...

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....

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

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.

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

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...

Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.

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

A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

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

A small dog thwarts burglars in this British short film.

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

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

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

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

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...