Most Viewed From Robert W. Paul

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

A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.

Japanese pose as coolies, blow up a train, are caught and shot.

An 1895 British short black and white silent comedy film featuring two drunken men and a boy squabbling in a small bar.

A tramp steals food from a picnicking professor and is blown up.

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...

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...

The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's...

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

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...

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

'The White Eyed Kaffir' performs with top hat.

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

Clog dancing contest winner dances on dinner plate.

Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.