Portrait of a Genius

For the album by Ravi Shankar, see Portrait of Genius.
Portrait of a Genius
Directed bySammy Lee
Written byCarl Dudley
CinematographyCharles Schoenbaum
Edited byAdrienne Fazan
Production
company
Distributed byFIlms Incorporated
Release date
  • January 23, 1943 (1943-01-23)
Running time
9:00
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Portrait of a Genius (originally Carey Wilson Miniatures: Portrait of a Genius) is a 1943 short subject film directed by Sammy Lee.

Plot

This is a study of various inventions of Leonardo da Vinci that were found in his secret manuscripts after his death. These included early versions of gatling and machine guns, submarines, tanks, and other weapons. He also imagined a telescope, a type of parachute, and a flying machine, among many other things.[1]

Carey Wilson, narrator who conceived the series

Cast (alphabetically)

References

  1. ^ "Short Subjects". Motion Picture Herald. 150: 41. 27 March 1943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Portrait of a Genius". The National Union Catalog, Library of Congress Catalog, Motion Pictures and Filmstrips. Ann Arbor, Michigan: J. W. Edwards Publisher, Inc. 1973. p. 91.