Quicker'n a Wink
| Quicker'n a Wink | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | George Sidney |
| Written by | Buddy Adler |
| Produced by | Pete Smith |
| Starring | Clarence Curtis Harold E. Edgerton |
| Narrated by | Pete Smith |
| Cinematography | Harold E. Edgerton Walter Lundin |
| Edited by | Philip W. Anderson |
| Distributed by | MGM |
Release date |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Quicker'n a Wink is a 1940 American short documentary film in the Pete Smith Specialities series about stroboscopic photography and the work of Doc Edgerton, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The film was written by Buddy Adler and directed by George Sidney. In 1941, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel) at the 13th Academy Awards.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Clarence Curtis (uncredited)
- Harold E. Edgerton as himself (uncredited)
- Tex Harris (uncredited)
- Charles Lacey (uncredited)
- June Preisser (uncredited)
- Pete Smith as narrator (uncredited)
References
[edit]- ^ "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Quicker'n a Wink at IMDb
- Quicker'n a Wink at AllMovie
- Quicker'n a Wink at the TCM Movie Database
- Video on YouTube, posted by MIT
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