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Walter R. Booth

Birthday unknown (Age unknown) in Worcester, England, UK

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

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Secrets of British Animation
Self (archive Footage)
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Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Professor of spiritualism
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The Hand of the Artist
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Artistic Creation
The cartoonist
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Undressing Extraordinary
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Comedy Cartoons
The artist
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A Lively Quarter Day
The conjurer

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