Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)

  • G
  • 10/09/1982 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h

Overview

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

Charles Musser

Director

Cast

Blanche Sweet's headshot

Blanche Sweet

Narrator (voice)
D. A. Pennebaker's headshot

D. A. Pennebaker

Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
Miloš Forman's headshot

Miloš Forman

Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
Louis Malle's headshot

Louis Malle

Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)
Robert Altman's headshot

Robert Altman

Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
Thomas A. Edison's headshot

Thomas A. Edison

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edwin S. Porter's headshot

Edwin S. Porter

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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