Quicker'n a Wink
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Quicker'n a Wink is a 1940 short documentary film
about stroboscopic photography
, directed by George Sidney
. It won an Academy Award in 1941
for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about stroboscopic photography
Stroboscope
A stroboscope, also known as a strobe, is an instrument used to make a cyclically moving object appear to be slow-moving, or stationary. The principle is used for the study of rotating, reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating objects...
, directed by George Sidney
George Sidney
George Sidney was an American film director and film producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.-Career:...
. It won an Academy Award in 1941
13th Academy Awards
The 13th Academy Awards honored American film achievements in 1940. This was the first year that sealed envelopes were used to keep secret the names of the winners which led to the famous phrase: "May I have the Envelope, please." The accounting firm of Price Waterhouse was hired to count the...
for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).
Cast
- Clarence Curtis (uncredited)
- Harold E. EdgertonHarold Eugene EdgertonHarold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
- Himself (uncredited) - Tex Harris (uncredited)
- Charles Lacey (uncredited)
- June PreisserJune PreisserJune Preisser was an American actress, briefly popular in musical films during the late 1930s and early 1940s, many of which capitalized on her skills as an acrobat.-Life and career:...
(uncredited) - Pete SmithPete Smith (film producer)Pete Smith was a film producer and narrator of "short subject" films from 1931 to 1955....
- Narrator (uncredited)