Robert W. Paul Movies

A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth...

The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

Poor pedestrian, horse drawn carts, wagons and bus travel across bridge at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Silent documentary short

Robert W. Paul production, "The Vanishing Lady", 1897. A magician sits a lady under a rug and makes her disapppear, before she reappearing in a...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

A panorama shot of the Norwegian town and harbour of Hammerfest. Believed to be the earliest surviving film of Norway.

A man and a woman talk beside a street near a corner where a cop stands. Just as a horse-drawn cart rounds the corner, the man backs off the sidewalk...

This attractively composed one-shot film offers viewers an uncomplicated view of waves crashing against rocks.

Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London.

The surf pounds against a breakwater on which are visible several people standing. The wall looks to be about 20 feet above sea level and extend at...

The scene is a railroad track on the side of a steep mountain, with a tunnel in the background, toward which a train is running at a high rate of...

An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.