Before the Nickelodeon [videorecording] : the early cinema of Edwin S. Porter / Film for Thought presents ; a Charles Musser film ; produced, directed and edited by Charles Musser ; written by Warren D. Leight, Charles Musser ; a New York-Hollywood Feature Film production.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Kino International
Copyright Date:
2008, 1982
Description:
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., b&w and col. tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Narrated by Blanche Sweet. Videocassette release of the documentary motion picture produced in 1982. Includes 16 Porter short films and 3 additional Porter shorts.
Contents:
Before the Nickelodeon -- Waiting at the Church (1906) -- Life of a Cowboy (1906) -- Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902).
Summary:
Publisher description: Between the years 1894 to 1908, Edwin S. Porter was the leading American filmmaker. Follows his movie career, from his first job installing Thomas Edison's Vitascope machines in New York, through his business as a film exhibitor, to his job as head of Edison's movie studio. There he created story films: Jack and the Beanstalk, The Life of an American Fireman, and The Great Train Robbery. By 1909, his film technique was old fashioned. Fired by Edison, he continued making films until 1915, but he had been left behind by new directors with new techniques.
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