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Before the Nickelodeon : 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.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) VHS PN1998.3.P67 M872 1998
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
- Motion picture producers and directors--United States.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- United States.
- Silent films--United States--History and criticism.
- Silent films.
- Motion pictures--United States--History.
- Motion pictures.
- History.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Other Title:
- Early cinema of Edwin S. Porter
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kino International, 1998.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- 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. Ffired by Edison, he continued making films until 1915, but he had been left behind by new directors with new techniques.
- Participant:
- Narrated by Blanche Sweet.
- Notes:
- Videocassette release of the documentary motion picture produced in 1982.
- Includes 16 [complete?] Porter short films.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 48444561
- Publisher Number:
- 73832901563
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