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Directed by
Charles Musser 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Warren Leight 
Charles Musser 

Cast (in credits order)
Blanche Sweet ... Narrator (voice)
Jay Leyda ... Reader - Thomas A. Edison (voice)
Rob Issen ... Reader - Corbett-Courtney Fight (voice)
Robert Sklar ... Reader - Porter's Naval Record (voice)
Robert Rosen ... Reader - Vitascope's First Night (voice)
Mitchell Kriegman ... Reader - 'Kiss' Review (voice)
Peter Davis ... Reader - Eden Musee / War Films (voice)

D.A. Pennebaker ... Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

Milos Forman ... Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
Warren Leight ... Reader - Terrible Teddy (voice)
Rick King ... Reader - Sampson-Schley Controversy (voice)
Anthony Potter ... Reader - Fighting the Flames (voice)

Louis Malle ... Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)

Robert Altman ... Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
Jim Walton ... Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' (voice)
Michael Peyser ... Reader - Edison Studio (voice)
Grahame Weinbren ... Reader - 'Eagle's Nest' Review (voice)
Steve Brier ... Reader - Adolph Zukor (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Thomas A. Edison ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Produced by
Steve Brier .... executive producer
Elizabeth Lennard .... associate producer
Charles Musser .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Rob Issen 
 
Film Editing by
Charles Musser 
 
Sound Department
Bill Uttley .... sound effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Suzanne Williamson .... re-photography
 
Animation Department
Rob Issen .... animator
 
Editorial Department
Elizabeth Lennard .... colorist
 
Other crew
John E. Allen .... technical advisor
Eileen Bowser .... consultant
Rick King .... consultant
Nancy Musser .... consultant
Robert Rosen .... consultant
Robert Sklar .... consultant
 

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