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

Blanche Sweet
as Narrator (voice)

D. A. Pennebaker
as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Miloš Forman
as Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

Louis Malle
as Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

Robert Altman
as Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)

Thomas A. Edison
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwin S. Porter
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

October 9, 1982 · 1h 0m
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.

Blanche Sweet
as Narrator (voice)

D. A. Pennebaker
as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Miloš Forman
as Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

Louis Malle
as Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

Robert Altman
as Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)

Thomas A. Edison
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwin S. Porter
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)