Robert W. Paul Movies

Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost.

A comic short in which a tramp attempts to ride a bicycle, tumbling repeatedly before giving up in despair. A skilled rider then takes the stage,...

Short actuality showing Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting Portsmouth, including views associated with Nelson’s flagship H.M.S. Victory. Produced in...

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

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

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

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...

A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.

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.

Taken from a music hall sketch of Lewin Fitzhamon and advertised as 'Two minutes of white hot excitement taking place on the open veldt.

A train snaking around Chamonix, Switzerland, with a steep Alpine slope inches away from the tracks.

Dangled precariously off a boat, a baby falls into the river. Many people on the bank quickly scramble to its rescue.