Film
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982 · 1h
Documentary
TMDB 6.1 · 8 votes
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
Cast
Blanche SweetNarrator (voice)
D. A. PennebakerReader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
Miloš FormanReader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
Louis MalleReader - Melies Catalogue (voice)
Robert AltmanReader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
Thomas A. EdisonHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edwin S. PorterHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)