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Mr. Whitney Had a Notion (1949)
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Short | 11 min | Short, Biography, Drama

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Mr. Whitney Had a Notion (1949)

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Short | 11 min | Short, Biography, Drama

Eli Whitney is arguably best remembered for inventing the cotton gin. However, those in the know may argue that his most useful contribution to the world is an idea, one he was able to put into practice in the late eighteenth century when ...See moreEli Whitney is arguably best remembered for inventing the cotton gin. However, those in the know may argue that his most useful contribution to the world is an idea, one he was able to put into practice in the late eighteenth century when he signed a government contract to produce the seemingly impossible ten thousand muskets in two years, most people who could only make at most ninety per year. That idea was what is now coined as mass production. The government officials who entered into the contract with him thought it pure folly, that view strengthened as they saw no muskets month after month after month. However, the people that worked for Whitney, even after his borrowed money ran out, stayed to work for him on the belief of what he was doing, which was kept secret behind locked doors. He may have had some doubts in the idea himself, which may make what is happening today in the world of production even more of a surprise to him. Written by Huggo See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Lloyd Bridges Eli Whitney Eli Whitney See fewer	Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
John Nesbitt Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Telephone Time (1956)
Erville Alderson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson See fewer	The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Howard Negley Military Committee Man (as Howard J. Negley) Military Committee Man (as Howard J. Negley) See fewer	Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Harry Hayden Senatorial Committee Man Senatorial Committee Man See fewer	The Velvet Touch (1948)
Mitchell Lewis Eli Whitney's Workman Eli Whitney's Workman See fewer	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)