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Before the Nickelodeon - The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
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Before the Nickelodeon - The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1905)
Starring:  Blanche Sweet
Director:  Charles Musser
Genre:  Silent, Comedy, Documentary
Year:  1905
Studio:  Kino Video
Length:  60 minutes
Released:   April 22, 2008
Rating:  NR
Format:  DVD
Misc:  NTSC, Black & White
Language:  English(Original Language)
SYNOPSIS:
Noted film historian Charles Musser (The Emergence of Cinema) co-wrote and directed this definitive tribute to Edwin S. Porter, Thomas Edison's mechanic and cameraman. From the time of his hugely successful The Great Train Robbery (1903) until Griffith started at Biograph (1908), Porter held center stage in early American cinema. Sadly, however, Edison quickly discarded Porter once his approach to filmmaking seemed to have become old-fashioned.

Narrated by silent-movie actress Blanche Sweet, Before the Nickelodeon is a treasure trove of rarely seen material, including hand-colored photographs and sixteen complete Porter films, among them The May Irwin Kiss (1896), The Sunken Battleship ‘Maine’ (1898), Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) and Life of an American Fireman (1902-3).

Three additional Porter shorts / Music composed and performed by Ben Model:
  • Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902)
  • Waiting at the Church (1906)
  • Life of a Cowboy (1906)

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