Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Name: Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Director: Charles Musser
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1982-10-09
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Blanche Sweet, D. A. Pennebaker, Miloš Forman, Louis Malle, Robert Altman

G 1982 · 60 min · ★ 6.1 · Documentary

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

Directed by Charles Musser

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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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