Movie: Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Top 7 Billed Cast

Blanche Sweet
Blanche Sweet

Narrator (voice)

D. A. Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker

Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Miloš Forman
Miloš Forman

Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

Louis Malle
Louis Malle

Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

Robert Altman
Robert Altman

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

Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwin S. Porter
Edwin S. Porter

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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

  • Release Date

    1982-10-09

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    5.7

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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  • Languages:

    English

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