Robert W Paul Movies

  • 1904
    Buy Your Own Cherries

    Buy Your Own Cherries

    Buy Your Own Cherries

    4.61904HD

    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...

    Buy Your Own Cherries
  • 1906
    The '?' Motorist

    The '?' Motorist

    The '?' Motorist

    6.4571906HD

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

    The '?' Motorist
  • 1908
    Whaling Afloat and Ashore

    Whaling Afloat and Ashore

    Whaling Afloat and Ashore

    61908HD

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

    Whaling Afloat and Ashore
  • 1895
    The Arrest of a Bookmaker

    The Arrest of a Bookmaker

    The Arrest of a Bookmaker

    4.11895HD

    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.

    The Arrest of a Bookmaker
  • 1899
    Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War

    Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War

    Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War

    01899HD

    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...

    Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War
  • 1899
    Upside Down; or, The Human Flies

    Upside Down; or, The Human Flies

    Upside Down; or, The Human Flies

    5.3081899HD

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

    Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
  • 1901
    The Haunted Curiosity Shop

    The Haunted Curiosity Shop

    The Haunted Curiosity Shop

    5.3081901HD

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

    The Haunted Curiosity Shop
  • 1895
    Incident at Clovelly Cottage

    Incident at Clovelly Cottage

    Incident at Clovelly Cottage

    2.71895HD

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

    Incident at Clovelly Cottage
  • 1899
    The Miser's Doom

    The Miser's Doom

    The Miser's Doom

    41899HD

    A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.

    The Miser's Doom
  • 1897
    Robbery

    Robbery

    Robbery

    3.71897HD

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

    Robbery
  • 1896
    A Sea Cave Near Lisbon

    A Sea Cave Near Lisbon

    A Sea Cave Near Lisbon

    5.11896HD

    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...

    A Sea Cave Near Lisbon
  • 1905
    The Freak Barber

    The Freak Barber

    The Freak Barber

    01905HD

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

    The Freak Barber
  • 1895
    Opening of the Kiel Canal

    Opening of the Kiel Canal

    Opening of the Kiel Canal

    31895HD

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

    Opening of the Kiel Canal
  • 1901
    Undressing Extraordinary

    Undressing Extraordinary

    Undressing Extraordinary

    5.3331901HD

    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...

    Undressing Extraordinary
  • 1901
    The Magic Sword

    The Magic Sword

    The Magic Sword

    6.41901HD

    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....

    The Magic Sword
  • 1895
    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

    41895HD

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

    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II
  • 1896
    Two AM; or, The Husband's Return

    Two AM; or, The Husband's Return

    Two AM; or, The Husband's Return

    4.8331896HD

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

    Two AM; or, The Husband's Return
  • 1903
    A Chess Dispute

    A Chess Dispute

    A Chess Dispute

    5.7631903HD

    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....

    A Chess Dispute
  • 1900
    His Brave Defender

    His Brave Defender

    His Brave Defender

    41900HD

    His Brave Defender
  • 1901
    The Countryman and the Cinematograph

    The Countryman and the Cinematograph

    The Countryman and the Cinematograph

    5.41901HD

    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...

    The Countryman and the Cinematograph