Robert W. Paul Movies

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

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

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.

Short documentary released in 1907.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then...

A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

A wife dismisses a maid she hired when she finds her husband flirting with her. Allegedly the first film to ever use intertitles.

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

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

The short film is just a shot of the Oxford versus Cambridge University Boat Race. However, it is extremely important because, filmed on March 30...

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

Seen but not heard? Three children get up to mischief after their mother puts them to bed in this Victorian entertainment. This was one of numerous...