Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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

Country USA

Production Country USA

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gnere Documentary

Release Date 9 October 1982

60 mins

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)

Crew

Director

Charles Musser