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

Charles Musser

DIRECTOR

Blanche Sweet

Narratorvoice

Jay Leyda

Reader - Thomas A. Edisonvoice

Rob Issen

Reader - Corbett-Courtney Fightvoice

Robert Sklar

Reader - Porter's Naval Recordvoice

Robert Rosen

Reader - Vitascope's First Nightvoice

Mitchell Kriegman

Reader - 'Kiss' Reviewvoice

Peter Davis

Reader - Eden Museevoice

D.A. Pennebaker

Reader - Film as a Visual Newspapervoice

Milos Forman

Reader - The Biddle Brothersvoice

Warren Leight

Reader - Terrible Teddyvoice

Rick King

Reader - Sampson-Schley Controversyvoice

Anthony Potter

Reader - Fighting the Flamesvoice

Louis Malle

Reader - Melies Cataloguevoice

Robert Altman

Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promovoice

Jim Walton

Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk'voice

Michael Peyser

Reader - Edison Studiovoice

Grahame Weinbren

Reader - 'Eagle's Nest' Reviewvoice

Steve Brier

Reader - Adolph Zukorvoice

Thomas A. Edison

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Edwin S. Porter

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