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Florence Lawrence, the silent film star who helped inspire the turn signal

Silent film star Florence Lawrence also created an early turn signal concept, linking cinema history with automotive innovation.

Long-lost silent film depicts first ‘robot’ in cinema

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 ...