You Can't Fool a Camera

10m
Documentary
5.7

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.

Cast

Frank Whitbeck
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ray June
Himself
Joseph Ruttenberg
Himself
Mervyn LeRoy
Himself
Karl Freund
Himself
Robert H. Planck
Himself (as Robert Planck)
Norman Z. McLeod
Himself (as Norman McLeod)
George J. Folsey
Himself
Clark Gable
Himself

Crew

Jack Ruggiero
Editor
Jackson Rose
Director of Photography
Nat W. Finston
Music Supervisor
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Music
John M. Nickolaus Jr.
Technical Supervisor

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