Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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1982

Documentary

1 hour

Summary

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

Top Billed Cast

Blanche Sweet

Narrator (voice)

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

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwin S. Porter

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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StatusReleased: 42 years ago
October 9, 1982

LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

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5.7