Walter R. Booth

Diabolo Nightmare

Diabolo Nightmare

A clerk, unable to stop playing the game of Diabolo, strays in and out of precarious situations while playing with the toy.
The Sorceror’s Scissors
6.8

The Sorceror’s Scissors

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 ...
Comedy Cartoons
6.2

Comedy Cartoons

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 ...
The Hand of the Artist

The Hand of the Artist

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 ...
An Extraordinary Cab Accident

An Extraordinary Cab Accident

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 ...
Captain Deasy’s Daring Drive, Descent

Captain Deasy’s Daring Drive, Descent

Filmed on a mountain railway from Caux to Rochers de Naye, Switzerland. Originally filmed in 68mm. The film was advertised as being available in ...
Captain Deasy’s Daring Drive, Ascent

Captain Deasy’s Daring Drive, Ascent

Filmed on a mountain railway from Caux to Rochers de Naye, Switzerland. Originally filmed in 68mm. The film was advertised as being available in ...
The Magic Sword

The Magic Sword

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 ...
Scrooge; or Marley’s Ghost

Scrooge; or Marley’s Ghost

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. ...
Artistic Creation

Artistic Creation

An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a ...
An Over-Incubated Baby

An Over-Incubated Baby

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 ...
Undressing Extraordinary

Undressing Extraordinary

Here we present a picture that simply convulses an audience with laughter. The scene opens in the bedroom of a hotel. A traveler appears, ...
Chinese Magic

Chinese Magic

Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost.
The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii

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

A Railway Collision

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 ...