Robert W Paul Movies

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

A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.

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...

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

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....

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

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...

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

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

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...

Japanese pose as coolies, blow up a train, are caught and shot.

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...

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.

Men expose a fake medium's tricks and take revenge.

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...

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 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...