Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1982-10-09
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 0min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Charles Musser
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A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.

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  • Blanche Sweet

    as Narrator (voice)

  • D. A. Pennebaker

    as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

  • Miloš Forman

    as Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

  • Louis Malle

    as Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

  • Robert Altman

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

  • Thomas A. Edison

    as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Edwin S. Porter

    as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directing Charles Musser Director

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