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    Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

    60'

    1982-10-09

    6.1

    Documentary

    Overview:

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

    DirectingCharles Musser

    Watch Providers (US)

    - Amazon Video

    Cast

    1

    Narrator (voice)

    Blanche Sweet

    1

    Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

    D. A. Pennebaker

    1

    Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

    Miloš Forman

    2

    Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

    Louis Malle

    2

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

    Robert Altman

    1

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Thomas A. Edison

    1

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Edwin S. Porter

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Vote Count: 8
      2. Popularity: 0.415
      3. Status: Released
      4. Original title:Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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