David Robinson

Acting

David Robinson

Born 1930-08-06 · Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

David Robinson (born 6 August 1930 in Lincoln) is an English film critic and author. He is a former film critic for both the Financial Times and The Times and wrote the official biography of Charlie Chaplin.

Acting credits

Voices That Care poster
7.0

Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".

Voices That Care

1991

Birth of the Tramp poster
7.1

A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.

Birth of the Tramp

2013

A Very British Psycho poster
8.0

A documentary film examining Michael Powell's 1960 film "Peeping Tom," the controversy surrounding its release, and the life of its screenwriter, Leo Marks.

A Very British Psycho

1997

Chaplin vs the FBI poster
9.2

How FBI followed Charles Chaplin for 50 years. Hoover was convinced that Chaplin is a communist or communist supporter.

Chaplin vs the FBI

2019

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NR

Short documentary exploring the fame and talent of Charlie Chaplin.

Chaplin the Hero

2008

Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy poster
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A video essay on Charlie Chaplin's film "Limelight" (1952).

Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy

2015

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A look at Charlie Chaplin and his rise to fame.

The Most Famous Man in the World!

2008

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Documentary about the making of Chaplin (1992).

Strolling Into the Sunset

2008

Searching for the Lost Pochta poster
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Travelogue of two film historians Nikolay Izvolov and Sergey Kapterev who visit world film archives around the globe in search of a lost sound version of one famous Soviet cartoon. It's "The Post" made by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky in 1929 and based on a poem by Samuil Marshak. At first "The Post" has been released in a silent form and later Tsekhanovsky remade it with experimental music and narration by Daniil Kharms. At that moment it was the first Soviet sound cartoon and it was a success all over the world. Russian film studies consider "The Post" to be of great importance and artistic value but unfortunately it's still lost. Only the silent version and the 1964 remake are still known and available.

Searching for the Lost Pochta

2014

The Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of American Cinema poster
7.5

One-hour documentary recounts the untold story of the remarkable rise and fall of the Thanhouser Studio, one of American’s pioneering motion picture studios during the first decade of the twentieth century. It traces the evolution of one family’s career as it transitioned from producing live theater to establishing one of the most successful independent silent motion picture studios. The Thanhouser Studio produced and released over 1,000 silent motion pictures that were acclaimed by critics and seen by audiences around the world. Set against a background of the industry playing out in New York, Florida and California, it is a compelling story of fame and fortune, twisted by the vagaries of fate and ending on a bittersweet note.

The Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of American Cinema

2014

Behind the camera