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Before the Nickelodeon, an award-winning and intricately detailed documentary on the genesis of early cinema, focuses on one of the craft's most ingenious pioneers: Edwin S Porter. The film is based on the research of the leading scholar of early American film, Charles Musser, who also co-wrote and directed it. Read more

Starring	Blanche Sweet, Milos Forman, Louis Malle, D.A. Pennebaker
Director	Charles Musser
Genres	Documentary

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Before The Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema Of Edwin S Porter

Starring	Blanche Sweet, Milos Forman, Louis Malle, D.A. Pennebaker, Rob Issen, Michael Peyser, Tony Potter, Robert Rosen, Jim Walton, Rick King, rick king (ii), Grahame Weinbren, jay leyda (ii), Jay Leyda, Steve Brier, Mitchell Kriegman, Peter Davis, peter davis (ii)
Director	Charles Musser
Studio	BFI VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 58 mins
Certificate
Genres	Documentary
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1982 To Rent: DVD: 28 Aug 2006

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  Interesting but could have been better
  
  Not a bad documentary, but could have been better if more films had been shown. Edwin S. Porter is one of the granddaddys of cinema and ... read more »
  
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  the disapointment of a silent film fan
  
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  a mixed bag of a documentary ,a portrait of the early years of cinema,which makes for me a fatal mistake by not showing efficient respect to its source material... read more »
  
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  Interesting but could have been better
  
  Not a bad documentary, but could have been better if more films had been shown. Edwin S. Porter is one of the granddaddys of cinema and ... read more »
  
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  Before the Nickelodeon, an award-winning and intricately detailed documentary on the genesis of early cinema, focuses on one of the craft's most ingenious pioneers: Edwin S Porter. The film is based on the research of the leading scholar of early American film, Charles Musser, who also co-wrote and ...