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

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
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  • Genre: Documentary
  • Running time: 60 min
  • Premiere: 9th of October 1982

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

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Cast

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)
Edwin S. Porter
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
D. A. Pennebaker
as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
Blanche Sweet
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas A. Edison
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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