Thank You, Mr. Robertson (1985)
January 1, 1985Documentary1h 17m
Overview
A glimpse of the pre-history of cinema starting with the projections of Etienne Gaspard Robert (also known as M. Robertson), who used magic lanterns and other optical illusions to develop the genre of the Gothic phantasmagoria in the late eighteenth century.
Videos
Similar Movies

Jack L. Warner: The Last MogulMay 14, 1993

ChunJanuary 26, 2020

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black CinemaSeptember 15, 2007

Cotton Mill, TreadmillOctober 13, 1970

Bullets And BlueberriesSeptember 23, 2025

Red Chairs - Parma and the CinemaJuly 24, 2014
Made in HollywoodMay 12, 2011

Standard Operating ProcedureFebruary 12, 2008

30 Years of James BondOctober 3, 1992

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan RossDecember 10, 1995

Healing WatersJune 10, 2023

Music PalaceMarch 1, 2005

The Face of AIDSNovember 21, 2016

City with Dreams of the SeaOctober 24, 2024

Stay Apart TogetherJuly 21, 2023

James Andersen: Over 50 Years of Taking PicturesJanuary 1, 2006

Workers Leaving the Lumière FactoryMarch 22, 1895

Everything at Once (Paco & Manolo's Gaze)April 8, 2021

The Lost Album of the SSJanuary 12, 2025

Cine São PauloApril 22, 2017