Most Viewed From Robert W. Paul

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...

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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...

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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...

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

Genre: Science Fiction

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Genre: Documentary

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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...

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

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Harry Lamore

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....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Alfred Collins

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...

Genre: Documentary

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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.

Genre: Crime

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

Genre: Documentary

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

Genre: Crime

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

Genre: Comedy

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Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make...

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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...

Genre: Drama

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tom Merry (William Mechem)

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...

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Here we present a picture that simply convulses an audience with laughter. The scene opens in the bedroom of a hotel. A traveler appears, evidently a...

Genre: Comedy

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ellen Daws

There's a killer on the loose in Muswell Hill. Escaped from an asylum, he can be identified by the missing forefinger on his left hand.

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