Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
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1982
1h 0min
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
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A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
Released
October 1982
Runtime
1h 0min
Director
Charles Musser
Genre
Documentary
Status
Released
Language
English
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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