Feature film · 1982

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

6.1·60 min·1982·Documentary·United States of America

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

Cast

7 credited

Narrator (voice)

D. A. Pennebaker

Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

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

Thomas A. Edison

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwin S. Porter

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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