Willie's Magic Wand (1907)
- Directed by
- Walter R. Booth
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 3 min
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young boy gets hold of his father's magic wand and uses it to cause trouble around the house. The film shows a series of trick effects as he turns everyday objects and people into unexpected things.
playfulchaoticmischievouslightheartedwhimsicalfast-pacedslapstickdated
What happens
Willie's Magic Wand is a 1907 British silent comic trick film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a young boy terrorising the household with his father's magic wand. Similar to "earlier trick films The Haunted Curiosity Shop and Undressing Extraordinary (both 1901)", this is, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "essentially a series of [loosely linked] special-effects set pieces", but "the print in the National Film and Television Archive is incomplete, omitting amongst other things a come-uppance where Willie is punished for his misdemeanours by being turned into a girl, thus depriving him of more than one magic wand". A clip from the film is featured in Paul Merton's interactive guide to early British silent comedy How They Laughed on the BFI website. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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