Prophet Without Honor is a 1939 short documentary film directed by Felix E. Feist. At the 12th Academy Awards, held in 1940, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel. The documentary is about Matthew Fontaine Maury, a U.S. naval officer who created the first maps that charted the oceans' winds and currents.

Cast

Carey Wilson as Narrator

Tom Neal as Matthew Fontaine Maury (uncredited)

Prophet Without Honor

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1939 documentary films

1939 films

American short documentary films

Documentary films about the history of science

Films directed by Felix E. Feist

American black-and-white films

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films

Black-and-white documentary films

1930s short documentary films

Documentary films about water transport

History of cartography

1930s English-language films

1930s American films

English-language documentary films

Prophet Without Honor