| Undressing Extraordinary | |
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1901 |
| Running time | 3 minutes 10 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Undressing Extraordinary (AKA: The Troubles of a Tired Traveller) is a 1901 British short silent comedy film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a tired traveller struggling to undress for bed. The film, "provides one of the earliest filmed examples of something that would become a staple of both visual comedy and Surrealist art: that of inanimate objects refusing to obey natural physical laws, usually to the detriment of the person encountering them," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "has also been cited as a pioneering horror film," as, "the inability to complete an apparently simple task for reasons beyond one's control is one of the basic ingredients of a nightmare."[1]
| Дерби | |||
| The Derby | |||
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| Жанр | Документальное кино спортивный фильм | ||
| Режиссёр | Бирт Акрес | ||
| Продюсер | Бирт Акрес Роберт Пол | ||
| Оператор | Бирт Акрес | ||
| Длительность | 1 мин | ||
| Страна |  Великобритания
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| Язык | немое кино | ||
| Год | |||
| IMDb | ID 0000020 | ||
«Дерби» (англ. The Derby) — немой короткометражный документальный фильм Бёрта Акреса. В отличие от фильмов того времени, фотограф Бирт Акрес снял фильм с выдержкой. Акрес тогда не имел студии, что вообще не ожидалось от времени. Премьера состоялась в Великобритании 29 мая 1895 года.
Сюжет
Фильм показывает лошадей, которые участвуют в дерби.
Текущее состояние
В последнее время фильм стал самым старым фильмом, который скачивают очень часто. Фильм входит в сборник The Movies Begin — A Treasury of Early Cinema, 1894—1913.
| Грабители | |
| Footpads | |
| Жанр | криминальный фильм |
| Режиссёр | Уильям Поль |
| Продюсер | Уильям Поль |
| Оператор | Бирт Акрес |
| Кинокомпания | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Длительность | 35 сек |
| Страна | Великобритания
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| Язык | немое кино |
| Год | |
| IMDb | ID 0192982 |
«Грабители» (англ. Footpads) другое название «Ограбление букмекера» (англ. The Arrest of a Bookmaker) — немой короткометражный британский фильм 1896 года режиссёра Уильяма Поля.
Сюжет[править | править вики-текст]
На немолодого джентльмена в цилиндре нападают трое грабителей, к нему на выручку спешит полицейский. Но и перед представителем закона троица сдаваться не собирается.
Интересные факты[править | править вики-текст]
· Этот фильм последняя совместная работа Уильяма Поля и Бирта Акреса, в 1895 году они вместе сняли фильм на похожую тему —Арест карманника
· Footpad переводится как грабитель, которой специализируется на тех прохожих, что ходят пешком. Слово использовалось до XIX столетия.
«Регата между Оксфордским и Кембриджском университетами» (англ. The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race) — немой короткометражный фильм Бирта Акреса. Самый ранний фильм, когда-либо созданный в Великобритании. Дата премьеры неизвестна. Не сохранился.
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Съёмки проводились 30 марта 1895 года.
| Бушующее море у Дувра | |
| Rough Sea at Dover | |
| Жанр | документальный фильм |
| Режиссёр | Бирт Акрес |
| Продюсер | Уильям Поль |
| Композитор | Уильям Поль |
| Кинокомпания | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Длительность | 1 мин |
| Страна | Великобритания
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| Язык | немое кино |
| Год | |
| IMDb | ID 0000030 |
«Бушующее море у Дувра» (англ. Rough Sea at Dover) — немой короткометражный фильм Бирта Акреса. Фильм демонстрирует события, произошедшие в порту города Дувр. Премьера состоялась 23 апреля 1895 года на корабле, идущем в Атлантику, но официально считается, что премьера состоялась 14 января 1896 года в Royal Photographic Society в Лондоне.
Сюжет
В фильме показан порт Дувра в момент наводнения.
Награды
Фильм был выпущен на DVD. В данный момент в продаже есть 2 диска, на которых записан фильм. Это диски «Ранний кинотеатр» и «Фильмы Р. У. Пола: 1895—1908».
| Blackfriars Bridge | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Cinematography | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · August 1896 |
| Running time | 25 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Blackfriars Bridge (AKA: Traffic on Blackfriars Bridge) is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent actuality film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages passing over Blackfriars Bridge, London. The film was, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "taken from the southern end looking northwards over the Thames by R.W. Paul in July 1896," and, "screened as part of his Alhambra Theatre programme shortly afterwards, certainly no later than 31 August"
| Comic Costume Race | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Cinematography | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1896 |
| Running time | 43 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Comic Costume Race is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent actuality film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring comic costume scramble at the Music Hall Sports on 14 July 1896 at Herne Hill, London. The music hall sports day was an annual charity event consisting of other events such as egg and spoon races and three-legged races. The film is the best surviving pictorial record of the Music Hall Sports.[1] It is not known who the race participants are.[2]
The film was, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "presented at Windsor Castle on 23 November 1896," which, "enabled Paul to add a royal seal of approval to his advertisements." It is included on the BFI DVD R.W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895-1908. [3][4]
Another film of the costume race at the Music Hall Sports was produced in 1898.[5] In 1899, Cecil Hepworth produced a film on a similar race, entitled Comic Costume Race for Cyclists. This film depicted a group of cyclists racing to a pile of clothing, containing costumes such as those of a policeman and a clown, before remounting and racing to the finishing line.
| A Sea Cave Near Lisbon | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Henry Short |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Cinematography | Henry Short |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · October 22, 1896 |
| Running time | 13 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
A Sea Cave Near Lisbon is an 1896 British short silent actuality film, directed by Henry Short, featuring a view looking out to sea through the Boca do Inferno (Hell's Mouth) cave near Lisbon, with waves breaking in. The film was popular with audiences and received positive reviews.
Synopsis[edit]
A Sea Cave Near Lisbon consists of a single shot, looking out through the entrance of the Boca do Inferno (Hell's Mouth) cave near Lisbon. Waves enter the cave, breaking on the rocks at the cave's mouth. The film lasts 13 seconds.
Production[edit]
In 1896, film pioneer R. W. Paul sent his associate Henry Short on a film-making trip to the Iberian Peninsula, with a new lightweight portable camera he had developed.[1] Paul, who had earlier in the year developed a projection system known as the "Theatrograph", was at the time in commercial competition with the Lumière brothers, who themselves had demonstrated a projection system in London on the same day, 20 February. The Alhambra Theatre in Leicester Square, London, were impressed by Paul's system and offered him a contract to supply equipment and staff. Paul was thus keen to acquire footage to make a positive impact on audiences at the Alhambra.[2]
During the five-week trip in August and September, Short created 18 actuality films, mostly in the cities of Cádiz, Lisbon, Madrid and Seville. Most of these were either urban views, indcluding the Puerto del Sol in Madrid and Triana, Seville, or cultural scenes, such as an Andalusian dance and Fado performers.[3]
Films documenting waves had become popular with audiences, as exemplified by the April 1896 film Rough Sea at Dover, and many others were produced in the years up to 1912.[4] A Sea Cave Near Lisbon was, however, the first cinematic depiction of a cave.[5][6] Short travelled to the Boca do Inferno for filming on 13 September.[3] It was filmed using a camera mounted on a boat inside the cave.[7]
Release and reception[edit]
The film was shown for the first time at the Alhambra Theatre on 22 October 1896,[4] as the thirteenth part of a fourteen-part programme of Short's films, entitled "A Tour in Spain and Portugal".[8][n 1] Paul included it in his film catalogue for wider exhibition, where it was described as "a very striking and artistic photograph of a large cave near the Atlantic coast, into which waves dash with great violence".[1]
The film was immediately popular with audiences and received very positive reviews. A reviewer in The Era described it as "one of the most beautiful realisations of the sea that we have ever witnessed...the grandeur of the scenes are remarkable".[4] The Daily Telegraph described it as "a picture of real beauty".[9] In the Morning Post, a reviewer described it as "one of the most remarkable effects produced by any of the 'graphies' yet put forward".[9] The film was the most popular of the 14 films, and one of the most successful films in early British cinema.[10][11] Its popularity continued in subsequent years, and it still appeared in Paul's sales catalogue in 1903, with the statement: "This film has never been equalled as a portrayal of fine wave effects".[4]
Legacy[edit]
Film historian Michael Brooke has described the film as "a very impressive achievement", and "one of the first instances in early cinema of a creative approach towards framing a shot".[12]
He has also pointed to the importance of A Sea Cave Near Lisbon and the other films shown in A Tour of Spain and Portugal in terms of its contribution to the history of the British documentary movement, of which he describes R. W. Paul as "was one of its most important precursors." Where previously, factual films generally consisted of stand-alone actualities intended for individual show, the programme put together by Paul from Henry Short's sequences was his first attempt to gather short actualities into a longer collective work. Paul sent Short on a similar trip to Egypt in 1897. From this time Paul continued to experiment with multi-shot actualities, leading to longer works such as Army Life (1900) and Whaling Afloat and Ashore (1908).[1]
Unlike most of the other films from Short's trip, A Sea Cave Near Lisbon has survived in its entirety, and has been made available on the British Film Institute DVD collection RW Paul: The Collected Films 1895-1908, with music by silent film accompanist Stephen Horne.
| The Twins' Tea Party | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · August 1896 |
| Running time | 20 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
The Twins' Tea Party is an 1896 British short silent actuality film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring twin girls squabbling over a piece of cake at a tea party. The film, "was one of the very first 'facials'," which according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline was, "a popular genre in early British cinema that exploited what to 1896 audiences was the astonishing novelty of being able to see moving images of recognisable people in medium close-up as they reacted to a particular situation." John Barnes, author of The Beginnings of the Cinema in England, adds that, "this charming one-shot film of two infant girls reluctantly sharing tea was one of the most popular items exhibited in R.W. Paul's programmes at the Alhambra Theatre in 1896." It was remade in 1898.
| Two A.M.; or, the Husband's Return | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Written by | Paul Clerget |
| Starring | Paul Clerget Ethel Ross-Selwicke |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · August 1896 |
| Running time | 1 min 8 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Two A.M.; or, the Husband's Return is an 1896 British short silent comedy film, produced by Robert W. Paul, featuring a drunken husband returning home late at night to the irritation of his wife. The film which, "was almost certainly sourced from a concurrent stage production," is according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "a study in often quite risqué body language, with the husband clearly the worse for drink, and the wife determined both to remonstrate with him and to get him undressed and into bed as quickly as possible."[1]
| Возвращение мужа | |
| Two AM; or, The Husband's Return | |
| Жанр | комедия |
| Режиссёр | Уильям Поль |
| Продюсер | Поль, Уильям |
| Автор сценария | Пол Клергет |
| В главных ролях | Пол Клергет,Мисс Рос-Селвик |
| Кинокомпания | Поль |
| Страна | Великобритания
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| Язык | немой фильм |
| Год | |
| IMDb | ID 0202024 |
1. «Возвращение мужа» (англ. Two AM; or, The Husband's Return) — немой, короткометражный фильм Пола Клегерта по его пьесе. Дата премьеры неизвестна. Считается утраченны (интересно, что на BFI Screenonline можно увидеть целый фильм).
| Robbery | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Cinematography | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · September 1897 |
| Running time | 24 seconds |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Robbery (AKA: A Wayfarer Compelled to Disrobe Partially) is an 1897 British short black-and-white silent comedy film directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring a wayfairer who is forced to handover his valuables and some of his clothes to an armed robber. The film, "although only intended as a comedy," according to Michael Brooks of BFI Screenonline, "in fact reveals how the stripping of one's Victorian 'uniform' also meant the stripping of one's integrity," and, "turns the viewer into an accomplice, since it forces us to watch the man's humiliation head-on, ultimately aligning ourselves not with the victim but with the thief." It is included on the BFI DVD R.W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895-1908. [1][2]
| Ограбление | |
| Robbery | |
| Жанр | комедия |
| Режиссёр | Уильям Поль |
| Продюсер | Уильям Поль |
| Кинокомпания | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Длительность | 24 сек |
| Страна | Великобритания
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| Язык | немое кино |
| Год | |
| IMDb | ID 0230703 |
«Ограбление» (англ. Robbery) — британская короткометражная чёрно-белая кинокомедия режиссёра Уильяма Поля, 1897 года. Другое название фильма — Прохожий, который вынужден немного раздеться (англ. A wayfarer compelled to disrobe partially).
Сюжет[править | править вики-текст]
Режиссёр Уильям Поль показывает прохожего, который вынужден отдать свои ценности и некоторые предметы гардероба вооруженным грабителям.
По словам Михаила Брукса фильм только задуман как комедия, на самом деле он заставляет нас смотреть на унижение человека в лоб, в конечном счёте, сопоставить себя не жертвой, а преступником. Фильм входит в сборник BFI DVD Р. У. Поля: Сборник Фильмов 1895—1908[1][2].
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| Come Along, Do! | |
Surviving still from the second shot of the film
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| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1898 |
| Running time | 1 minute, 38 secs surviving |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only 38 seconds has survived. The whole of the second shot is only available as film stills.
The film features an elderly man at an art gallery who takes a great interest in a nude statue to the irritation of his wife.
The film has cinematographic significance as the first example of film continuity. It was, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "one of the first films to feature more than one shot."[1] In the first shot, an elderly couple is outside an art exhibition having lunch and then follow other people inside through the door. The second shot shows what they do inside.
| Пошли скорее, давай! | |
| Come Along Do! | |
| Жанр | комедия |
| Режиссёр | Роберт Уильям Поль |
| Длительность | 1 мин. |
| Страна | Великобритания
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| Год | |
| IMDb | ID 0000182 |
«Пошли скорее, давай!» (англ. Come Along Do!) — немая комедия Роберта Уильяма Поля.
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Рядом с выставочным центром сидит пожилая пара, которая наслаждается прохладительными напитками. На выставку заходят две девушки, и пожилая пара идёт за ними. От остального куска фильма сохранились лишь два кадра.
Интересные факты[править | править вики-текст]
· Фильм снимался в Масвелл Хилл, Лондон.
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| A Switchback Railway | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Cinematography | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1898 |
| Running time | 39 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
A Switchback Railway is an 1898 British short black-and-white silent actuality film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring patrons riding on aswitchback railway at a fairground. "This dynamically composed actuality," according to Micahael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "was clearly a success, so much so that James Williamson and the Riley Brothers released their own switchback railway films only a few months later." It is included on the BFI DVD R.W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895-1908.
| Tommy Atkins in the Park | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Cinematography | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · August 1898 |
| Running time | 47 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Tommy Atkins in the Park is an 1898 British short black-and-white silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring couple courting in a park who are forced to use desperate measures to get rid of a stout matron who interrupts them. The film was a remake of Alfred Moul's The Soldier's Courtship (1896). It is included on the BFI DVD R.W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895-1908 and a clip is featured in Paul Merton's interactive guide to early British silent comedy How They Laughed on the BFI website.[1][2][3]
| The Miser's Doom | |
| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Release dates | · 1899 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
The Miser's Doom is an 1899 British short film directed by Walter R. Booth.
Plot[edit]
A miser is haunted by the ghost of one of his deceased victims, causing him to die of shock.
Production[edit]
The Miser's Doom was the directing debut of Walter R. Booth, a magician who had begun working with filmmaker R. W. Paul.[1]
Legacy[edit]
The Miser's Doom is one of the earliest films featuring a ghost, although previous examples had been produced by Georges Méliès and George Albert Smith the previous year.[2]
| Upside Down; or, the Human Flies | |
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · September 1899 |
| Running time | 47 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Upside Down; or, the Human Flies is an 1899 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a conjuror sending his audience to the ceiling. The film, "exploits a very simple illusion: that of filming with the camera turned upside-down so that the actors appear to be performing on the ceiling," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "the effectiveness of the final result is such that nearly seventy years later Stanley Kubrick used the same technique in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)." The conjuror was reputedly played by Booth himself.
| A Railway Collision | |
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · March 1900 |
| Running time | 22 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
A Railway Collision (also known as A Railroad Wreck) is a 1900 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth and produced by Robert W. Paul. The film depicts a stretch of single-track railway running through mountainous terrain on an embankment above a lake and a yacht. A goods train passes a signal, stops and begins reversing back up the track. A fast express train comes out of a tunnel in front of the goods train, on the same track. The two trains collide head-on and plunge down an embankment.[1] It was one of a number of sensationalist "trick films" made at Paul's Animatograph Works, his studio in Muswell Hill in north London,[2] and represents one of only a very small number of surviving films by Paul.
| Artistic Creation | |
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1901 |
| Running time | 1 min 15 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Artistic Creation is a 1901 British short silent comedy film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a lightning sketch artist drawing a picture of a woman which comes to life piece by piece. The film, "is one of the earliest examples of a film about an artist's creations coming to life," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "a metaphorical cautionary tale about the responsibilities that should be borne by both creative artists and indeed the male sex in general."
| Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant | |
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · August 1901 |
| Running time | 56 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant is a 1901 British short silent comedy film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a gentleman being entertained by the little people who emerge from the cheese at his table. The film, "contains a reference to Jonathan Swift's satirical novel Gulliver's Travels (1726)," and is, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "sophisticated in that he combined the jump-cut with superimposition."
| The Countryman and the Cinematograph | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1901 |
| Running time | 11 secs extent |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
The Countryman and the Cinematograph (AKA: The Countryman's First Sight of the Animated Pictures) is a 1901 British short silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring a stereotypical yokel reacting to films projected onto a screen. The film, "is one of the earliest known examples of a film within a film," where, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "the audience reaction to that film is as important a part of the drama as the content of the film itself."
| The Haunted Curiosity Shop | |
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1901 |
| Running time | 1 min 55 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
The Haunted Curiosity Shop is a 1901 British short silent horror film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring an elderly curio dealer alarmed by various apparitions that appear in his shop. The film, "was clearly devised purely as a showcase for Booth and Paul's bag of tricks," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "it's an effective and engrossing experience."
| The Magic Sword | |
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1901 |
| Running time | 2 mins 14 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
The Magic Sword; or, A Medieval Mystery (AKA: Magical Sword) is a 1901 British short silent fantasy film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a mediaeval knight battling to save a damsel from an ogre and a witch. The film, "is impressively elaborate, with single shots containing multiple trick effects achieved through complex double exposures and superimpositions," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "was so startling that it moved the legendary stage illusionist J.N. Maskelyne (of Maskelyne and Devant fame) to describe The Magic Sword as the finest trick film made up to then."
| Undressing Extraordinary | |
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1901 |
| Running time | 3 minutes 10 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Undressing Extraordinary (AKA: The Troubles of a Tired Traveller) is a 1901 British short silent comedy film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a tired traveller struggling to undress for bed. The film, "provides one of the earliest filmed examples of something that would become a staple of both visual comedy and Surrealist art: that of inanimate objects refusing to obey natural physical laws, usually to the detriment of the person encountering them," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "has also been cited as a pioneering horror film," as, "the inability to complete an apparently simple task for reasons beyond one's control is one of the basic ingredients of a nightmare."[1]
| The Extraordinary Waiter | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · December 1902 |
| Running time | 1 minute 16 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
The Extraordinary Waiter (AKA: Diner and Waiter Comic) is a 1902 British short silent comedy film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a brutish colonialist failing to destroy a blackfaced waiter. The film, "makes for somewhat uncomfortable viewing," but according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "it's just about possible to read this as a metaphor for the rather more widespread frustrations arising from British colonial rule (the Boer War was still a current issue), though it seems unlikely that this was intentional on Booth's part."[1]
| A Chess Dispute | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Cinematography | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · August 1903 |
| Running time | 1 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
A Chess Dispute is an 1903 British short black-and-white silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring two gentlemen in a comedic fight following a disputed chess move. It is included on the BFI DVD R.W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895-1908.
| An Extraordinary Cab Accident | |
Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · November 1903 |
| Running time | 42 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
An Extraordinary Cab Accident is a 1903 British short silent comedy film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a gentleman making a miraculous recovery after being trampled underfoot by a horse and cab. The film, "seems something of a step back," "compared with the elaborate special effects fantasies that director W.R. Booth and producer R.W. Paul had already concocted," but according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "more complex special effects might well have worked against the impression Booth and Paul were clearly seeking to create, which is that of a man being genuinely run over by a horse-drawn cab, his body being knocked down and trampled by the horse's hooves." [1]
| Чрезвычайные автомобильные аварии | |
| Extraordinary Cab Accident | |
| Жанр | комедия |
| Режиссёр | Уолтер Буф |
| Продюсер | Р.У.Пол |
| Кинокомпания | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Длительность | 1 мин (фильм сохранился в ускоренном виде) |
| Страна | Великобритания
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| Язык | немое кино |
| Год | |
| IMDb | ID 0000436 |
1. «Чрезвычайные автомобильные аварии» (англ. Extraordinary Cab Accident) — немой короткометражный фильм Уолтера Буфа. Премьера состоялась в США 1903 года.
2. Сюжет[править | править вики-текст]
3. Мужчина подскальзывается и падает на дорогу. Проезжающая конка с лошадьми случайно давит его и мужчина становится плоским, как блин. В итоге полицейские оштрафовали водителя конки.
4. Художественные особенности[править | править вики-текст]
5. Трюки были взяты из фильмов Жоржа Мельеса. Техника фильма была в ранних фильмах Уолтера Буфа.
6. Награды[править | править вики-текст]
7. Фильм записан на DVD в сборниках «Ранний кинотеатр» и «Р. У. Пол:1895-1908».
| The Unfortunate Policeman | |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1905 |
| Running time | 3 mins 37 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
The Unfortunate Policeman is a 1905 British short silent comedy film, produced by Robert W. Paul, featuring a policeman chasing a young painter after he tips a pot of paint over him. The film is an, "elaborate chase comedy," which according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "is an example of the increasing use of real locations in R.W. Paul's work." Film historian Ian Christie adds, "the irreverent and disrespectful treatment of the policeman would soon become impossible in British films, thanks to the notorious list of proscriptions laid down by the British Board of Film Censors shortly after its creation in 1912."[1]
| The '?' Motorist | |
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1906 |
| Running time | 2 mins 22 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
The '?' Motorist is a 1906 British short silent comedy film, directed by Walter R. Booth. It features a motorist on the run from the police. during which he drives along clouds, around the moon, and around the rings of Saturn before landing through the roof of a courthouse. The trick film is, "one of the last films that W.R. Booth made for the producer-inventor R.W. Paul," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "looks forward to the more elaborate fantasies that Booth would make for Charles Urban between 1907 and 1911, as well as drawing on a wide range of the visual tricks that Booth had developed over the preceding half-decade."
| Загадочный автомобилист | |
| The '?' Motorist | |
| Жанр | фантастика |
| Режиссёр | Уолтер Буф |
| Продюсер | Р. У. Пол |
| Композитор | в настоящее время The Beatles |
| Кинокомпания | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Длительность | 2 мин |
| Страна |  США
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| Язык | Немое кино |
| Год | |
| IMDb | ID 0000534 |
«Загадочный автомобилист» (англ. The '?' Motorist) — немой короткометражный фантастический фильм Уолтера Буфа. Это один из последних фильмов Уолтера Буфа. Ремейк фильма вышел в 1911 году. Премьера состоялась в 1907 году в США 1906 года.
Сюжет[править | править вики-текст]
Автомобилист сбивает полицейского на дороге. Потом на огромной скорости автомобиль взлетает и пролетает через дом. Автомобиль оказался на Луне, с которой перелетел на Сатурн. С Сатурна автомобилист возвратился на Землю. Сначала машина едет «лошадью», а потом едет нормально. Но полицейский смог остановить гонщика.
Художественные особенности[править | править вики-текст]
С помощью специального троса поднимали машину, чтобы создавалось ощущение, будто автомобиль и вправду летел. Такой же трюк был в фильмах Жоржа Мельеса «Путешествие на Луну» и «Невероятное путешествие».
| Is Spiritualism a Fraud? | |
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| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
| Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Release dates | · 1906 |
| Running time | 6 mins 57 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
Is Spiritualism a Fraud? (AKA: The Medium Exposed) is a 1906 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth (also credited to J.H. Martin), featuring a medium exposed as a fake during a séance. The trick film is, "one of the last films made by R.W. Paul in collaboration with the trick-film specialist W.R. Booth," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "combines elements of the previous year's The Unfortunate Policeman with a special effects sequence. However, unlike Booth and Paul's other work, here the mechanisms are deliberately revealed," "the crucial difference between his illusions and those of a medium is that Booth's audience knew that they were being deceived, but were happy to go along with the charade for the sake of both entertainment and the pleasure of working out how it was done." [1]
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