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A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
United States of AmericaEnglish
Cast and Crew
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)
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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter(1982)
October 9, 1982 · 1h 0m
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
Cast and Crew
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)
