Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)

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

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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Blanche Sweet
Blanche Sweet as Narrator (voice) Died 1986 · Chicago, Illinois, USA From Wikipedia Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the earliest days of the Hollywood motion picture film industry. Sw...
D. A. Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice) Died 2019 · Evanston, Illinois, USA Donn Alan Pennebaker (/ˈpɛniːbeɪkər/; July 15, 1925 – August 1, 2019) was an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of direct cinema. Performing arts and politics were his primary subj...
Miloš Forman
Miloš Forman as Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice) Died 2018 · Čáslav, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (/ˈmiːloʊʃ/; Czech: [ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman]; February 18, 1932 – April 13, 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his na...
Louis Malle
Louis Malle as Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice) Died 1995 · Thumeries, Nord, France Louis Marie Malle (30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. His film "The Silent World" won the Palme d'Or in 1956 and the Academy Award for Best Doc...
Robert Altman
Robert Altman as Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice) Died 2006 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 20...

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