Robert W Paul Movies

Two sports are seen drinking beer and arguing as to the qualities of certain prize fighters. They make a bet, and to prove it, each pulls his...

A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.

On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome....

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...

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...

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...

'The White Eyed Kaffir' performs with top hat.

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an...

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only...

A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.

A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.

A tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' caricaturist performing his act for the camera and producing...

Two boys quarrel over a girl at a birthday party.

A stationary camera looks on as two dapper gents play a game of chess. One drinks and smokes, and when he looks away, his opponent moves two pieces....

Britain's first drama (i.e. non documentary) film.

A husband rushes for a doctor and his wife has triplets.