Romance of Radium is a 1937 American short film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine. In 1937, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (One-Reel) at the 10th Academy Awards

Pete Smith
as Narrator (voice)

Margaret Bert
as Nurse (uncredited)

André Cheron
as Henri Antoine Becquerel (uncredited)

James Conaty
as American Scientist (uncredited)

Eddie Hart
as Photographer (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan
as Pierre Curie (uncredited)
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It’s odd to hear Pete Smith delivering a more straight narrative, but he does it quite authoritatively as we see a few historical scenarios that illustrate just how the accidental discovery of an element that glowed in the dark led Marie Curie to discover this highly toxic element that was amongst t...