Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)
60 min
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
- Release date
- October 9, 1982
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Blanche Sweet as Narrator
- Jay Leyda as Reader - Thomas A. Edison
- Rob Issen as Reader - Corbett-Courtney Fight
- Robert Sklar as Reader - Porter's Naval Record
- Robert Rosen as Reader - Vitascope's First Night
- Mitchell Kriegman as Reader - 'Kiss' Review
- Peter Davis as Reader - Eden Musee
- Peter Davis as War Films
- D.A. Pennebaker as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper
- Miloš Forman as Reader - The Biddle Brothers
- Warren Leight as Reader - Terrible Teddy
Crew
- Charles Musser · Director
- Warren Leight · Writer
- Charles Musser · Writer
- Charles Musser · Producer
- Rob Issen · Cinematographer
- Charles Musser · Editor