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Walter R. Booth
British magician and early pioneer of British film (1869-1938) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 69
Walter Robert Booth was a British magician and early pioneer of British film. Collaborating with Robert W. Paul and then Charles Urban mostly on "trick" films, he pioneered techniques that led to what has been described as the first British animated film, The Hand of the Artist (1906).
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The Jester's JokeFilm, 1912Director1911
Animated PuttyFilm, Director1910
The Aerial SubmarineFilm, Director1909
Animated CottonFilm, Director1907A Juvenile ScientistFilm, Director1906
A Lively Quarter DayFilm, The conjurer1903
An Extraordinary Cab AccidentFilm, Director1902
The Extraordinary WaiterFilm, Director1901
An Over-Incubated BabyFilm, Director1900
A Railway CollisionFilm, Director1899
The Miser's DoomFilm, Director
Upside Down; or, The Human FliesFilm, 1899Director1869Born12 July 1869People around Walter
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Booth is also notable for making the earliest film adaptation of A Christmas Carol with the silent film Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901).
