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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter poster

Movie

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

★ 6.1/10 · 8 votes 1982 1h 0m Released

Documentary

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

Cast

Blanche Sweet Blanche Sweet Narrator (voice) D. A. Pennebaker D. A. Pennebaker Reader - Film as a Visual Miloš Forman Miloš Forman Reader - The Biddle Brothe Louis Malle Louis Malle Reader - Melies Catalogue Robert Altman Robert Altman Reader - 'Jack And The Bea Thomas A. Edison Thomas A. Edison Himself (archive footage)