Pete Smith uses microscopes, slow motion, magnification, color filters, and his usual word play banter in this photo-documentary on nature, insects, and hummingbirds. Lots of special effects and close-ups of insects. Pretty cool stuff... probably the first time the folks of the mid 1940s had seen anything like it. We see the birth and life cycle of mosquitoes, and one even siphoning the blood from a human. Just a ten minute shortie. Turner Classics shows this in between films. Nominated for an Oscar in the One-reelers , but lost out to "Goodbye, Miss Turlock !", also from MGM, so they won, either way! As an early, color short, its even more interesting. I find these short films really interesting as a running timeline of life and technology over the early 20th century. While they are pretty tame and dry compared to today, times were much simpler then, and the puns and jokes probably were more entertaining. (James Fitzpatrick's travel dialogues were probably really interesting to people who never got to travel very far.)
Directed by Richard Casell. Seems to be the only thing he ever did in hollyweird, at least that IMDb knows about. couldn't find ANTHING on him. anyone ? anyone ?
Directed by Richard Casell. Seems to be the only thing he ever did in hollyweird, at least that IMDb knows about. couldn't find ANTHING on him. anyone ? anyone ?