Robert W Paul Movies

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

Incident at Clovelly Cottage, also known as Incident Outside Clovelly Cottage, Barnet, shot by Birt Acres and produced by Acres and his collaborator...

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

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

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...

A 19th century wire-walker performs his stage act on a woman's clothesline. An early comedy by pioneer director Robert W. Paul.

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...

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

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...

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

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

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 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 deserter hidden by his mother is found by army police.

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 Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.