Walter R. Booth Movies

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.

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.