Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982-10-09 | 60 minutes
Plot Summary
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
Cast
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Blanche SweetNarrator (voice)
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D. A. PennebakerReader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
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Miloš FormanReader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
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Louis MalleReader - Melies Catalogue (voice)
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Robert AltmanReader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
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Thomas A. EdisonHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Edwin S. PorterHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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