It Can't Be Done.

Duration: 11 min.

Year Published: 1947

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Copyright: 30Dec47 L1443, renewed 30Dec74 R594629 Renewal claimant: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc Original author: Loew’s, Inc

Description: The film shows how little recognition is accorded many great ideas, and dramatizes incidents in the lives of inventors Leonardo Da Vinci and Thomas Davenport, and doctors Edward Jenner, Joseph Goldberger, and Ignace Semmelweis.

Complete Record: IT CAN'T BE DONE. Loew's Inc., c1947. 11 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (John Nesbitt's Passing Parade) An MGM picture. Summary: The film shows how little recognition is accorded many great ideas, and dramatizes incidents in the lives of inventors Leonardo Da Vinci and Thomas Davenport, and doctors Edward Jenner, Joseph Goldberger, and Ignace Semmelweis. Credits: Written and narrated by John Nesbitt; music director, David Snell; film editor, Newell P. Kimlin. © Loew's Inc.; 30Dec47; LP1443.