The Automatic Motorist
| 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]
References
- ^ "The Automatic Motorist". MUBI. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "The Automatic Motorist". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ Merton, Paul. "How They Laughed". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 24 April 2011.