Walter R. Booth Movies
- 1906
The '?' Motorist
The '?' Motorist6.41906HD
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
- 1901
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost5.61901HD
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...
- 1900
Chinese Magic
Chinese Magic4.51900HD
Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost.
- 1909
The Airship Destroyer
The Airship Destroyer5.7831909HD
An inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships.
- 1899
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies5.31899HD
A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.
- 1900
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last Days of Pompeii3.51900HD
Vesuvius erupts and people escape from a room as the ceiling falls.
- 1901
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
The Haunted Curiosity Shop5.21901HD
An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.
- 1907
When the Devil Drives
When the Devil Drives01907HD
The devil hijacks a train trip in France. Made by magician turned filmmaker Walter Booth, who established the Charles Urban Trading Company to make...
- 1907
The Waif and the Statue
The Waif and the Statue01907HD
A statue of Hope revives and finds a home for a waif.
- 1901
The Waif and the Wizard
The Waif and the Wizard6.51901HD
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...
- 1903
An Extraordinary Cab Accident
An Extraordinary Cab Accident5.7271903HD
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...
- 1901
An Over-Incubated Baby
An Over-Incubated Baby4.91901HD
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...
- 1906
The Hand of the Artist
The Hand of the Artist4.51906HD
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...
- 1907
The Sorcerer's Scissors
The Sorcerer's Scissors71907HD
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....
- 1901
The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant4.6111901HD
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...
- 1900
A Railway Collision
A Railway Collision4.11900HD
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...
- 1903
Pocket Boxers
Pocket Boxers61903HD
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...
- 1899
The Miser's Doom
The Miser's Doom41899HD
A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.
- 1901
Undressing Extraordinary
Undressing Extraordinary5.3331901HD
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...
- 2018
Secrets of British Animation
Secrets of British Animation62018HD
BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...