Cinema history has always been linked to technology, but a recent find pushes back ...

Considered lost for over a century, Georges Méliès' 'Gugusse and the Automaton' features cinema’s earliest robot.

A piece of techno-cinematic history has emerged as the US Library of Congress releases the restored video of the oldest film to feature a "robot." Dating from 1897, the silent film Gugusse et ...

A 19th-century George Méliès film, thought to be long lost, has been found among a box of brittle movie reels​ that a Michigan donor brought to the Library of Congress, officials said.

The Library of Congress announced that it discovered and restored a long-lost silent film, which many consider to feature the first robot in cinema. Titled Gugusse and the Automaton, the 45-second ...

In history defining science-fiction news, the Library of Congress has uncovered what might be the first robot movie ever made ...

A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema.

Georges Méliès was a visionary director and illusionist who pioneered groundbreaking cinematic techniques that still influence film today. Méliès reverse-engineered a projection machine into a camera, ...

Google celebrated the life of French filmmaker Georges Méliès on Thursday, with a commemorative doodle on the homepage. Méliès was celebrated in his time as he pioneered a range of special effects in ...

Among the many museums in Paris, the Musée Méliès may slip through visitors' attention. That should not be the case. This museum is a permanent exhibition of the Cinemathèque Francaise in Bercy, ...

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