Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

1982 · Documentary · 1h 0m · 6.1

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

Cast

Narrator (voice)

D. A. Pennebaker

D. A. Pennebaker

Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

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

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)