You Can’t Fool a Camera (1941): Cast
You Can’t Fool a Camera is a 1941 documentary starring Clark Gable, Mervyn LeRoy and Norman Z. McLeod. It runs 10 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is You Can’t Fool a Camera About?
The premise of You Can’t Fool a Camera without spoilers.
The short opens as a documentary, reenacting Eadward Muybridge’s photographic experiments that proved a galloping horse lifts all four feet off the ground. It then jumps to MGM, showing directors and cinematographers at work on current films, and ends with closeups of the studio’s leading stars and a tribute to actors serving in the armed forces.
You Can’t Fool a Camera Themes & Keywords
· 14 tags- year 1941
- 1940s
- 20th century
- horse
- wager
- tacoma washington
- stanford university
- football
- film clip
- camera
- bridge collapse
- romance of celluloid
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- title spoken by character
You Can’t Fool a Camera Cast & Characters
Clark Gable leads the cast, with Mervyn LeRoy and Norman Z. McLeod.
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Clark Gable as themselves -
Mervyn LeRoy as themselves - Norman Z. McLeod as themselves
- Frank Whitbeck as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Also Starring in You Can’t Fool a Camera
· 5 more- Karl Freund Themselves
- George J. Folsey Themselves
- Joseph Ruttenberg Themselves
- Ray June Themselves
- Robert H. Planck Themselves
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Movies Like You Can’t Fool a Camera
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Exposing Muybridge, Camera Sleuth and Let’s Go to the Movies.
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Exposing Muybridge 2021 -
Camera Sleuth 1951 -
Let’s Go to the Movies 1949 -
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound 1940 -
The Motion Picture Camera 1979 -
Kings of the Turf 1941 -
The Camera Speaks 1934 -
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio 1935 -
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff 2011 -
From the Ends of the Earth 1939 -
The Cinematographer 1951 -
How to Make Movies 1918
You Can’t Fool a Camera FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, cast and post-credit scenes of You Can’t Fool a Camera, each answered in a sentence.
How long is You Can’t Fool a Camera?
You Can’t Fool a Camera runs 10 minutes.
When was You Can’t Fool a Camera released?
You Can’t Fool a Camera was released on May 23, 1941.
Who is in the cast of You Can’t Fool a Camera?
You Can’t Fool a Camera stars Clark Gable, Mervyn LeRoy and Norman Z. McLeod, among 9 credited actors.
Does You Can’t Fool a Camera have a post-credit scene?
No. You Can’t Fool a Camera has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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