Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb

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

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Directed by

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)

Warren Leight
Charles Musser

Cast (in credits order)


	Blanche Sweet	...	Narrator (voice)
	Jay Leyda	...	Reader - Thomas A. Edison (voice)
	Rob Issen	...	Reader - Corbett-Courtney Fight (voice)
	Robert Sklar	...	Reader - Porter's Naval Record (voice)
	Robert Rosen	...	Reader - Vitascope's First Night (voice)
	Mitchell Kriegman	...	Reader - 'Kiss' Review (voice)
	Peter Davis	...	Reader - Eden Musee / War Films (voice)
	D.A. Pennebaker	...	Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
	Milos Forman	...	Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
	Warren Leight	...	Reader - Terrible Teddy (voice)
	Rick King	...	Reader - Sampson-Schley Controversy (voice)
	Anthony Potter	...	Reader - Fighting the Flames (voice)
	Louis Malle	...	Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)
	Robert Altman	...	Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
	Jim Walton	...	Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' (voice)
	Michael Peyser	...	Reader - Edison Studio (voice)
	Grahame Weinbren	...	Reader - 'Eagle's Nest' Review (voice)
	Steve Brier	...	Reader - Adolph Zukor (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Thomas A. Edison	...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Edwin S. Porter	...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by

Steve Brier	...	executive producer
Elizabeth Lennard	...	associate producer
Charles Musser	...	producer

Cinematography by

Editing by

Sound Department

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sound effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Suzanne Williamson

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re-photography

Animation Department

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animator

Editorial Department

Elizabeth Lennard

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colorist

Additional Crew

John E. Allen	...	technical advisor
Eileen Bowser	...	consultant
Rick King	...	consultant
Nancy Musser	...	consultant
Robert Rosen	...	consultant
Robert Sklar	...	consultant

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