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Trifles of Importance

6.0 9 mins Documentary   1940
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  
Director(s): Basil Wrangell

Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number 7 affects a student accused of theft charges. The second segment shows that a person's doodles can reveal personality traits. The final segment shows why certain items are on men's suits, such as lapels.

Casts of Trifles of Importance

John Nesbitt

as Narrator

Erville Alderson

as Frederick the Great (uncredited)

Clark Gable

as Self (archive footage)

Myrna Loy

as Self (archive footage)

Mickey Rooney

as Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

Theodore Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

Robert Taylor

as Self (archive footage)

Lana Turner

as Self (archive footage)

Sam Harris

as Men's Club Member (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

as Men's Club Member (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

as Guest at Stag Dinner (uncredited)

Charles Williams

as Mr. Doakes

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