Plot Summary
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- en
Where to watch free (US)
No free providers found in US.
Cast
Blanche Sweet
Narrator (voice)
D. A. Pennebaker
Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
Miloš Forman
Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
Louis Malle
Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)
Robert Altman
Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
Thomas A. Edison
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edwin S. Porter
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
