Robert W. Paul Movies

Robert W. Paul production, "The Vanishing Lady", 1897. A magician sits a lady under a rug and makes her disapppear, before she reappearing in a...

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

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

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...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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

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

A 19th century wire-walker performs his stage act on a woman's clothesline. An early comedy by pioneer director Robert W. Paul.

A wounded soldier dreams of his mother whose framed miniature deflects a bullet from his heart.

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

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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

Documentary snippets from the lives of miners.

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,...

A series of actuality films showing the procession to mark Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.

A playful variation on A Soldier's Courtship, producer Robert W. Paul's smash hit from the previous year, this film spies on a young man trying to...

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