''Quicker'n a Wink'' is a 1940 American short

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

in the Pete Smith Specialities series about stroboscopic photography, written by

Buddy Adler E. Maurice "Buddy" Adler (June 22, 1906 – July 12, 1960) was an American film producer and production head for 20th Century Fox studios. In 1954, his production of ''From Here to Eternity'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture and in 1956, hi ...

and directed by

George Sidney George Sidney (October 4, 1916May 5, 2002) was an American film director and producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His work includes cult classics '' Bye Bye Birdie'' (1963) and ''Viva Las Vegas'' (1964). With an extensive backgr ...

. In 1941, it won an

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for Best Short Subject (One-Reel) at the

13th Academy Awards The 13th Academy Awards were held on February 27, 1941, to honor films released in 1940. This was the first year that sealed envelopes were used to keep the names of the winners secret. The accounting firm of Price Waterhouse was hired to coun ...

Cast

* Clarence Curtis (uncredited) * Harold E. Edgerton as himself (uncredited) * Tex Harris (uncredited) * Charles Lacey (uncredited) *

June Preisser June Preisser (June 26, 1918 – September 19, 1984) was an American actress, popular in musical films during the late 1930s and through the 1940s, many of which capitalized on her skills as an acrobat. Life and career Born June 26, 1918 in ...

(uncredited) * Pete Smith as narrator (uncredited)

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* * * 1940 films 1940 documentary films 1940 short films American black-and-white films American short documentary films Black-and-white documentary films Documentary films about technology Films produced by Pete Smith (film producer) Films directed by George Sidney Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners 1940s short documentary films 1940s American films {{sci-documentary-film-stub