| LC control no. | n 83185372 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Porter, Edwin S. |
| Variant(s) | Porter, Edward S. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1870-04-21 |
| Death date | 1941-04-30 |
| Place of birth | Connellsville (Pa.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Motion picture industry Motion pictures--Production and direction Cinematography |
| Affiliation | Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Famous Players Film Co. |
| Profession or occupation | Motion picture producers and directors Cinematographers |
| Found in | Data from ALA Booklist for Before the nickelodeon [MP] 1982 (subj.) (Edwin S. Porter, filmmaker) Wikipedia WWW site, viewed May 10, 2019 (Edwin Stanton Porter; born, April 21, 1870 in Connellsville, Pennsylvania; died, April 30, 1941 in New York, N.Y.; American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company. Of over 250 films created by Porter, his most important include Jack and the Beanstalk, 1902, Life of an American Fireman, 1903, The Great Train Robbery, 1903, The Kleptomaniac, 1905, Life of a Cowboy, 1906, Rescued from an Eagle's Nest, 1908, and The Prisoner of Zenda, 1913) New York, New York, Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948 viewed online via Ancestry.com (Edward S. Porter; born, about 1870; died, April 4, 1941 in Manhattan, New York, USA) |
| Associated language | eng |
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