Robert W. Paul Popular Movie

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...

genus: Comedy

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

genus: Fantasy

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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...

genus: Documentary

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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...

genus: Comedy

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

genus: Science Fiction

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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...

genus: Comedy

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

genus: Documentary

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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...

genus: Drama

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

genus: Fantasy

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An up to date idea and a great picture. The professor sits in his laboratory with his newly invented baby incubator. A mother who is anxious for the...

genus: Science Fiction

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genus: Documentary

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genus: Documentary

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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....

genus: Comedy

cast: Alfred Collins

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

genus: Documentary

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genus: Documentary

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The water beats relentlessly against the Hell's Mouth (Boca do Inferno), one of the main natural attractions of Lisbon's west coast, filmed from...

genus: Documentary

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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...

genus: Comedy

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

genus: Documentary

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

genus: Documentary

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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...

genus: Comedy

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