Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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1982

1h 0min

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Storyline

A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.

Released
1982
Runtime
1h 0min
Director
Charles Musser

Genre

Status
Released
Language
English

Cast

Blanche Sweet

Narrator (voice)

D. A. Pennebaker

D. A. Pennebaker

Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Miloš Forman

Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

Louis Malle

Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

Robert Altman

Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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