
Walter R. Booth
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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).
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The '?' Motorist (1906)
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Animated Putty (1911)
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Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901)
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Comedy Cartoons (1907)
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Pocket Boxers (1903)
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Chinese Magic (1900)
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Animated Cotton (1909)
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Diabolo Nightmare (1907)
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Undressing Extraordinary (1901)
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The Miser's Doom (1899)
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Paper Cuttings (1912)
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Plucked From The Burning (1900)
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The Aerial Submarine (1910)
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The Magic Sword (1901)
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The Haunted Curiosity Shop (1901)
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The Airship Destroyer (1909)
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The Electrical Vitalizer (1910)
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An Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903)
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The Jester's Joke (1912)
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The Aerial Anarchists (1911)
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A Railway Collision (1900)
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The Extraordinary Waiter (1902)
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The Devil in the Studio (1901)
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The Sorceror's Scissors (1907)
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Willie's Magic Wand (1907)
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Upside Down; or, The Human Flies (1899)
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The Magical Press (1907)
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The Hand of the Artist (1906)
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The Baffled Burglar (1907)
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A Juvenile Scientist (1907)
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Artistic Creation (1901)
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The Last Days of Pompeii (1900)
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The Automatic Motorist (1911)
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Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent (1903)
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The Waif and the Wizard (1901)
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An Over-Incubated Baby (1901)
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The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)
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When the Devil Drives (1907)
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The Waif and the Statue (1907)
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Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent (1903)
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