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A lost film from 1897 features cinema’s first robot. No one knew it existed until now

For anyone who has ever dreamed of stumbling upon a cinematic holy grail in a dusty attic, this story delivers. A Michigan ...
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The World's First Robot Movie Was Just Discovered (& It Goes Back To 1897)

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Film students will happily bend your ear about the career and influence of Georges Méliès. As has been repeated in film schools and ...
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First movie about robots, from 1897, has just been found

The first movie to feature what might be called a robot, not seen in more than a century, has been found. A copy of "Gugusse and the Automaton," an 1897 short made by legendary film pioneer George ...

Man Discovers Lost Piece of Cinematic History in His Great-Grandfather's Belongings That Was Almost Destroyed: 'Ticking Time Bomb'

Bill McFarland from Grand Rapids, Mich., found his great-grandfather's collection in his family's old trunk ...

I just saw the first film ever made about a robot and I guess we've always been worried about them

We've been obsessed with humanoid robots for a long time, more than a century in fact. While most credit Czech writer Karel ...
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The first appearance of a robot on film has made its way to the Library of Congress

The first appearance on film of what might be called a robot has made its way to the Library of Congress. Filmmaking pioneer Georges Melies created the 45-second film strip in 1897, but it was ...
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First robot on film

The Library of Congress has found and restored a long-lost silent film by Georges Méliès. In an Instagram post, Library of Congress moving image curator Jason Evans Groth said the film represents, ...