The Haunted Curiosity Shop
About The Haunted Curiosity Shop
An elderly dealer in curios is alarmed when apparitions appear among the objects in his shop. Walter R. Booth made the minute-and-a-half trick film for Paul's Animatograph Works.
Cast & crew
More about The Haunted Curiosity Shop
Walter R. Booth directed it for R. W. Paul's company in 1901. Michael Brooke described it as a showcase for Booth and Paul's bag of tricks.
Themes
Making
Booth and Paul used the shop set as a place to change one figure or object into another in front of the dealer.
Reviews
Michael Brooke wrote that the film was devised as a showcase for Booth and Paul's tricks.
Preservation
Paul's one-minute shop film survives. The copy on Wikimedia Commons runs 1 minute 55 seconds.
Notes
- The running time on surviving copies is 1 minute 55 seconds.
- Paul's Animatograph Works was Robert W. Paul's London company.
- A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Scenes
- Figures appear in the shop and the dealer recoils.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Haunted Curiosity Shop (1901).ogv)
