The Automatic Motorist | |
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Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
Production company | Kineto Films |
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Running time | 10 mins |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | Silent |
The Automatic Motorist is a 1911 British silent comic trick film, directed by Walter R. Booth, [1] featuring a robot chauffeur taking an inventor and a young honeymooning couple on a wild ride around the planets and under the sea. The trick film is a "virtual remake of The '?' Motorist (1906)," according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "but on a bigger scale." [2] [3]
The Automatic Motorist | |
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![]() Screenshot from the film | |
Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
Production company | Kineto Films |
Release date |
|
Running time | 10 mins |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | Silent |
The Automatic Motorist is a 1911 British silent comic trick film, directed by Walter R. Booth, [1] featuring a robot chauffeur taking an inventor and a young honeymooning couple on a wild ride around the planets and under the sea. The trick film is a "virtual remake of The '?' Motorist (1906)," according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "but on a bigger scale." [2] [3]