Walter R. Booth Movies

Stop-motion animation of putty modeling itself into faces.

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

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...

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

A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

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

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....

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

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

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

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...

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

Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.

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

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.