Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Name: Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1982-10-09
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Blanche Sweet, D. A. Pennebaker, Miloš Forman, Louis Malle, Robert Altman

G1982•60 min

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Documentary

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

Audience Score:

5.7

Directed by:Charles Musser

Theatrical release poster for the film Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

The Cast

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)

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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

The Cast

Blanche Sweet

D. A. Pennebaker

Miloš Forman

Louis Malle

Robert Altman

Thomas A. Edison

Edwin S. Porter

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