Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Amazon Video
Amazon Video (Rent)
5.7(7 votes)
1982
1h 0m
Documentary

Overview

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

Cast

Blanche Sweet

Blanche Sweet

Narrator (voice)

D. A. Pennebaker

D. A. Pennebaker

Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Miloš Forman

Miloš Forman

Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

Louis Malle

Louis Malle

Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

Robert Altman

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)

Directed by

Charles Musser

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