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.

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...

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....

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.

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...

A man strolling in a city street is attacked by three assailants. A policeman comes to the rescue and the men struggle with each other.

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...

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

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...

A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.

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 barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman...

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

A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.

An up to date idea and a great picture. The professor sits in his laboratory with his newly invented baby incubator. A mother who is anxious for the...

A barber cuts heads off Negro and white customers, who then dismember him.

An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real...