Walter R. Booth Movies

On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome....

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

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 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...

A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

Stop-motion animation of putty modeling itself into faces.

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

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

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

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

Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.

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.

"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.