Robert W Paul Movies

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 ballerina dreams of dancing under the sea.

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

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...

Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.

Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.

An 1895 British short black and white silent comedy film featuring two drunken men and a boy squabbling in a small bar.

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

The famous acrobats in the above title appear in a marvellous acrobatic act. There are three barrels arranged on the stage. The boys, blindfolded,...

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.

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

Short documentary released in 1907.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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 parade of Gordon Highlanders in dress uniform march through the centre of Aberdeen on their way to the Boer War. Small children run around in...