Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)
1982 · G · 1h 0m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
Director: Charles Musser
Cast
Blanche Sweet as Narrator (voice)D. A. Pennebaker as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)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)Thomas A. Edison as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)Edwin S. Porter as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)More like this
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