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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

57 %|Oct 9, 1982|Documentary

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

Featured Crew

Charles Musser
Director

Cast

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Blanche Sweet
Narrator (voice)
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D. A. Pennebaker
Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
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Miloš Forman
Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
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Louis Malle
Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)
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Robert Altman
Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
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Thomas A. Edison
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Edwin S. Porter
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)