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Before the Nickelodeon the early cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Title
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.
Published
New York, NY : Kino International 2008, 1982.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., b&w and col. tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Videocassette release of the documentary motion picture produced in 1982.
Includes 16 Porter short films and 3 additional Porter shorts.
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.
Variant and related titles
Early cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Other formats
Online version: Before the nickelodeon
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 23, 2008
Performers
Narrated by Blanche Sweet.
System details note
DVD NTSC; Region 1.
Contents
Mr. Edison at work in his chemical laboratory / Edwin S. Porter (1897)
Corbett-Courtney fight / Edwin S. Porter (1894)
May Irwin kiss / Edwin S. Porter (1896)
Wreck of the battleship 'Maine' / Edwin S. Porter (1898)
Kansas City saloon smashers / Edwin S. Porter (1901)
Capture of the Biddle brothers / Edwin S. Porter (1902)
Finish of Bridget McKeen / Edwin S. Porter (1901)
Terrible Teddy, the grizzly king / Edwin S. Porter (1901)
Sampson-Schley controversy / Edwin S. Porter (1901)
Elephants shooting the chutes, Luna Park, Coney Island, no. 2 / Edwin S. Porter (1904)
Appointment by telephone / Edwin S. Porter (1902)
Jack and the beanstalk / Edwin S. Porter (1902)
How they do things on the Bowery / Edwin S. Porter (1902)
Life of an American fireman / Edwin S. Porter (1902-1903)
Waiting at the church / Edwin S. Porter (1906)
Life of a cowboy / Edwin S. Porter (1906)
Uncle Josh at the moving picture show / Edwin S. Porter (1902).
Videorecording number
K589 Kino International
Subjects
Also listed under
Film for Thought (Firm)
Kino International Corporation.
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