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Before the Nickelodeon : the early cinema of Edwin S. Porter /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Musser, Charles (Author, Director, Producer, Editor)
Corporate Author: Film for Thought (Firm) (Producer)
Other Authors: Porter, Edwin S. (Director), Leight, Warren, Sweet, Blanche (Narrator)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kino International, 2008, 1982.
Subjects:
Porter, Edwin S.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Motion picture producers and directors > United States.
Silent films > United States > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > United States > History and criticism.
Documentary films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
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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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.
Includes 16 Porter short films and 3 additional Porter shorts.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1.