Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982-10-09)
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A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
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Status: Released
Release Date: 1982-10-09
Runtime: 1h
Director: 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)