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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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

October 9, 1982 (US) • Documentary • 60m

Overview

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

Director

Charles Musser

Writer

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Top Billed

Blanche Sweet

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Blanche Sweet
Blanche Sweet

Narrator (voice)

D. A. Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker

Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Miloš Forman
Miloš Forman

Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

Louis Malle
Louis Malle

Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

Robert Altman
Robert Altman

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

Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwin S. Porter
Edwin S. Porter

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew
Charles Musser
Charles Musser

Director



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Status

Released

Original Language

EN

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