The Automatic Motorist (1911)

Directed by

Walter R. Booth

Genre

silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

9 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An inventor and a honeymooning couple are driven by a robot chauffeur on a chaotic journey through outer space and under the sea. The film uses special effects to create its wild ride.

whimsicalplayfulfast-pacedsurreallightheartedfantasticalold-fashioned

What happens

The Automatic Motorist is a 1911 British silent comic trick film, directed by Walter R. Booth, 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." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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