Méliès’ film, a minute-long work titled Gugusse and the Automaton, contains what might be the first on-screen depiction of a robot.

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

A long-lost 1897 George Melies film, arguably the first robot science fiction story committed to film, has made its way to the Library of Congress.

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Here's a Super Bowl alternative for Sunday — a live movie concert celebrating the magical work of pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès at the Balboa Theatre. Méliès may not be a household name, but ...

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 ...

Take audiences on a fantastic journey! In order to showcase the pictures and narratives in the fantastic worlds of such films as "The Impossible Voyage" or burlesque universes in such shorts as "The ...