Walter R. Booth
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 12, 1869
- Died
- May 8, 1938 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Worcester, England, UK
Biography
Walter Robert Booth (12 July 1869 – 1938) was a British magician and early pioneer of British film working first for Robert W. Paul and then Charles Urban mostly on "trick" films, where he pioneered techniques that led to what has been described as the first British animated film, The Hand of the Artist (1906).
Known For
The '?' Motorist
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
The Airship Destroyer
An Extraordinary Cab Accident
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Artistic Creation
An Over-Incubated Baby
The Automatic Motorist
A Railway Collision
The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
The Magic Sword
Photos
Filmography
The Jester's Joke
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Paper Cuttings
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The Automatic Motorist
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The Aerial Anarchists
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Animated Putty
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The Aerial Submarine
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The Electric Vitalizer
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The Airship Destroyer
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Animated Cotton
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Willie's Magic Wand
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The Sorceror's Scissors
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The Baffled Burglar
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Diabolo Nightmare
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When the Devil Drives
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The Waif and the Statue
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A Juvenile Scientist
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Comedy Cartoons
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The Magical Press
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The '?' Motorist
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The Hand of the Artist
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An Extraordinary Cab Accident
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Pocket Boxers
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Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent
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Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent
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The Extraordinary Waiter
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Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
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The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
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An Over-Incubated Baby
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The Magic Sword
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Undressing Extraordinary
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Artistic Creation
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The Waif and the Wizard
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The Haunted Curiosity Shop
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The Devil in the Studio
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A Railway Collision
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Chinese Magic
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The Last Days of Pompeii
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Plucked From The Burning
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Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
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The Miser's Doom
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