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

Gugusse et l'Automate In the brief silent film, Méliès portrays a magician named Gugusse who is showing off an “automaton” in what looks like a proto–robot manufacturing facility. The automaton is ...

The silent films of legendary French filmmaker Georges Méliès [Dec. 8, 1861 — Jan. 21, 1938] will not stay quiet for long when the Sedona International Film Festival presents “Right In the Eye: Live ...

On a winter evening in Paris, the lights dim inside the auditorium of the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé. A pianist settles ...

A century-old French silent film Paris qui dort (The Crazy Ray) came alive in Chandigarh at Alliance Française as the screening was accompanied by a live performance by Stéphane Scharlé, celebrated ...

The French director also stars in his new silent movie, born out of his desperate urge to return to the Oldenburg Film Festival: "I needed something that I could make for not a lot of money and fast." ...

An unprecedented retrospective of Georgian silent films is being held in Paris at the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, offering French audiences a ...

We've all heard the nostalgic tales. The glory days of cinema when movies were pure magic, untainted by modern commercialism.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — American-born French dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker was the first black woman to start in a major silent film in 1927, but her career was far from silent. Ann ...