Mr. Whitney Had a Notion

5.5
  • Genre: History
  • Run time: 11 min
  • Premiere: 1949. May 7.

Historical short showing how Eli Whitney (best known for the invention of the cotton gin) played a significant role in the introduction of mass production techniques to the USA in the late 18th century.

Discover

Lloyd Bridges

Eli Whitney

Erville Alderson

Thomas Jefferson

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Howard Negley

Military Committee Man (as Howard J. Negley)

Harry Hayden

Senatorial Committee Man

Mitchell Lewis

Eli Whitney's Workman

Art

Lynden Sparhawk

Art Direction

Camera

Harold Lipstein

Director of Photography

Directing

Gerald Mayer

Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Rudolph G. Kopp

Original Music Composer

Writing