Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)

G ★ 6.1/10 60 min Documentary United States English

Director: Charles Musser

Streaming: Not available

Description

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

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)