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Before the Nickelodeon
Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company
By Charles Musser
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BRIEF NOTES
Before the Nickelodeon:
Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company
By Charles Musser
University of California Press : Berkeley, California : 1991
Trade Paperback Edition : ISBN 978-0520069862 : 591 pages
$40.00
2023 eBook Edition : ISBN 978-0520323728 : ? pages
$65.00
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Charles Musser is the authority on the earliest years of the silent era, and each book he produces is extremely well-researched and highly detailed.
This book focuses on pioneering filmmaker Edwin S. Porter, a top director in his day, and his years at the Edison Manufacturing Company. Porter is often overlooked as a motion picture innovator, and Musser’s study attempts to find Porter a proper place in film history.
The book is generously illustrated with film stills, frame enlargements and promotional materials. A wealth of information and essential reading — all books on silent film should aspire to this level of quality.
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