Most Viewed From Robert W. Paul

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

The festive start and disastrous aftermath of the launch of the H.M.S. Albion.

Four men of different ranks play a game of tetherball on a ship's deck.

Clog dancing contest winner dances on dinner plate.

A husband rushes for a doctor and his wife has triplets.

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...