Robert W Paul Movies

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 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 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...

Vesuvius erupts and people escape from a room as the ceiling falls.

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

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...

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

The water beats relentlessly against the Hell's Mouth (Boca do Inferno), one of the main natural attractions of Lisbon's west coast, filmed from...

The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's...

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

Robert W. Paul production, "The Vanishing Lady", 1897. Man in roman costume carves figure of girl in doorway. As he finishes, the statue comes to...

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...

Four men of different ranks play a game of tetherball on a ship's deck.

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

Husband comes home late and wakes the wife. Based on a popular stage play.

A boy pulls a prank on his poor old mother.

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....