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Voidsville Follies

Works by Robert W. Paul (3)

The Countryman And The Cinematograph

Robert W. Paul (director)
Paul's Animatograph Works (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1901, month unknown
Minutes: 1

Considered one of the earliest known examples of a film within a film, the surviving footage is incomplete, missing both beginning and ending. Was remade by Edwin S. Porter for Edison, as Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show.

Featured elements:

: comedy; metatheatre

Buy Your Own Cherries

Robert W. Paul (director)
R.W. Paul's (production)

Language: Silent, released in Jun 1904
Minutes: 4

A short morality tale on redemption through temperance, skillfully structured and executed.

Featured elements:

: addiction; family; redemption; social commentary

The '?' Motorist

Walter R. Booth (director)
Robert W. Paul (cinematographer)
R.W. Paul's (production)

Language: Silent, released in Oct 1906
Minutes: 2

Neither the law of society nor the law of gravity can obstruct this motorist's journey.

Featured elements:

: automobile; chase; comedy; fantasy

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