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1 janv. 1991 · Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy UCLA Film and Television Archive studies in history, criticism, and theory: Authors: Charles Musser, Musser Charles, Professor of American Studies Film Studies and Theater Studies Charles Musser: Edition ...
This is an interesting one hour documentary about Edwin S. Porter who provided a significant influence in the development of early cinema around the turn of the century before D.W. Griffith became America's most prominent film director. The documentary begins with Thomas Edison and his phonograph invention at the end of the 1800s, and shows us how moving pictures came onto the scene shortly ...
14 mai 1991 · Musser takes us into the long-forgotten world of early cinema—unexpectedly sophisticated and yet radically different from current movie-making. Focusing on Edwin S. Porter, most often remembered as the producer of The Great Train Robbery , Musser situates Porter’s achievements within the vibrant context of turn-of-the-century popular culture and the commercial pragmatics of the Edison ...
This volume also serves as a companion to the documentary film Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter. All the quotations used in the documentary appear in this volume with the appropriate references. A finding aid for these appears in appendix C. In a few cases, recent research has uncovered new information that has made ...
26 juin 2019 · Porter, Edwin S. -- Criticism and interpretation, Thomas A. Edison, Inc, Motion pictures -- United States -- History, Silent films -- United States -- History and criticism Publisher Berkeley : University of California Press Collection trent_university; internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English
This is an interesting one hour documentary about Edwin S. Porter who provided a significant influence in the development of early cinema around the turn of the century before D.W. Griffith became America's most prominent film director. The documentary begins with Thomas Edison and his phonograph invention at the end of the 1800s, and shows us how moving pictures came onto the scene shortly ...
Before the Nickelodeon is Charles Musser's documentary on filmmaker Edwin S. Porter. With little information on Porter's personal life known, the focus becomes about his work - made in the employ of Edison Studios. This creates a highly informative, tight, and Americancentric view of early motion pictures - giving just enough information to put Porter's role in context. Sit-down interviews are ...
