Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

The story

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

Cast & crew

Blanche SweetNarrator (voice)

D. A. PennebakerReader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Miloš FormanReader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)

Louis MalleReader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

Robert AltmanReader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)

Thomas A. EdisonHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwin S. PorterHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)