Robert W Paul Movies
- 1904
Buy Your Own Cherries
Buy Your Own Cherries4.61904HD
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...
- 1906
The '?' Motorist
The '?' Motorist6.4571906HD
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
- 1908
Whaling Afloat and Ashore
Whaling Afloat and Ashore61908HD
A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.
- 1895
The Arrest of a Bookmaker
The Arrest of a Bookmaker4.11895HD
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.
- 1899
Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War
Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War01899HD
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...
- 1899
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies5.3081899HD
A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.
- 1901
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
The Haunted Curiosity Shop5.3081901HD
An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.
- 1895
Incident at Clovelly Cottage
Incident at Clovelly Cottage2.71895HD
Incident at Clovelly Cottage, also known as Incident Outside Clovelly Cottage, Barnet, shot by Birt Acres and produced by Acres and his collaborator...
- 1899
The Miser's Doom
The Miser's Doom41899HD
A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.
- 1897
Robbery
Robbery3.71897HD
A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.
- 1896
A Sea Cave Near Lisbon
A Sea Cave Near Lisbon5.11896HD
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...
- 1905
The Freak Barber
The Freak Barber01905HD
A barber cuts heads off Negro and white customers, who then dismember him.
- 1895
Opening of the Kiel Canal
Opening of the Kiel Canal31895HD
The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.
- 1901
Undressing Extraordinary
Undressing Extraordinary5.3331901HD
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...
- 1901
The Magic Sword
The Magic Sword6.41901HD
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....
- 1895
Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II
Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II41895HD
A tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' caricaturist performing his act for the camera and producing...
- 1896
Two AM; or, The Husband's Return
Two AM; or, The Husband's Return4.8331896HD
Husband comes home late and wakes the wife. Based on a popular stage play.
- 1903
A Chess Dispute
A Chess Dispute5.7631903HD
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....
- 1900
His Brave Defender
His Brave Defender41900HD
- 1901
The Countryman and the Cinematograph
The Countryman and the Cinematograph5.41901HD
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...