Documentary
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
User Score7 votes
57%5.7/10
Release1982→
Runtime1H 0M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
Principal Cast7
Blanche Sweet
Narrator (voice)
D. A. Pennebaker
Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
Miloš Forman
Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
Louis Malle
Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)
Robert Altman
Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
Thomas A. Edison
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edwin S. Porter
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Media2
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Posters
Director
Charles Musser
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Certification
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Countries:United States of America