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

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

09/10/1982

1h

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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Documentary

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

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Cast

Blanche Sweet

Blanche Sweet

Blanche Sweet

Narrator (voice)

D. A. Pennebaker

D. A. Pennebaker

D. A. Pennebaker

Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Miloš Forman

Miloš Forman

Miloš Forman

Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

Louis Malle

Louis Malle

Louis Malle

Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

Robert Altman

Robert Altman

Robert Altman

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

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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)

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