You Can't Fool a Camera

5.5
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 10 min
  • Premiere: 1941. May 23.

This short starts out as a documentary. In a dramatization, Eadward Muybridge's photographic experiments prove that when a horse gallops, there are times when all four of the animal's feet are off the ground. We are then brought to the present, where MGM directors and their cinematographers are shown working on current productions. The film closes with closeups of the studio's major stars and a tribute to the studio's actors who have joined the armed forces.

Discover

Frank Whitbeck

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Ray June

Himself

Mervyn LeRoy

Himself

Karl Freund

Himself

Robert H. Planck

Himself (as Robert Planck)

Norman Z. McLeod

Himself (as Norman McLeod)

Clark Gable

Himself

Camera

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

Crew

John M. Nickolaus Jr.

Technical Supervisor

Editing

Sound

Nat W. Finston

Music Supervisor

Camera

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

Crew

John M. Nickolaus Jr.

Technical Supervisor

Editing

Sound

Nat W. Finston

Music Supervisor