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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

1h

Documentary

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

Cast

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)

Release date

9th Oct 1982

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English