The Automatic Motorist is a 1911 British short silent comedy 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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Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
Production company | Kineto Films |
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Running time | 10 mins |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | Silent |
Filmography of Walter R. Booth | |
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For Robert W. Paul |
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