Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

60 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1982

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

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

60 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1982

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
A documentary overview of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers
Original title Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Directors Charles Musser
Writers

Cast

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)