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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

5.7

1h 0m

1982

Synopsis

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

Director

Charles Musser

Documentary

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Cast & Crew

Blanche Sweet

Blanche Sweet

as Narrator (voice)

D. A. Pennebaker

D. A. Pennebaker

as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Miloš Forman

Miloš Forman

as Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

Louis Malle

Louis Malle

as Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

Robert Altman

Robert Altman

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

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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