Walter R. Booth Movies

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

A small dog thwarts burglars in this British short film.

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

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...

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.

Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.

Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.

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 Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.