Robert W. Paul Movies

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...

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...

Two boys quarrel over a girl at a birthday party.

Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make...

Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.

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

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

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

The first part of the film shows an actuality street scene of traffic in the Strand. Behind the traffic we can see the entrance to the Gaiety Theatre...

The passenger steamer Columbia leaves Rothesay pier.

The famous acrobats in the above title appear in a marvellous acrobatic act. There are three barrels arranged on the stage. The boys, blindfolded,...

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

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

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,...

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