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

Poster for Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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

Cast & Crew

Director
Charles Musser
  • Profile picture of Blanche Sweet
    Narrator (voice) Blanche Sweet
  • Profile picture of D. A. Pennebaker
    Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice) D. A. Pennebaker
  • Profile picture of Miloš Forman
    Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice) Miloš Forman
  • Profile picture of Louis Malle
    Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice) Louis Malle
  • Profile picture of Robert Altman
    Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice) Robert Altman
  • Profile picture of Thomas A. Edison
    Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) Thomas A. Edison
  • Profile picture of Edwin S. Porter
    Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) Edwin S. Porter

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