Romance of Radium

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

Cast

Pete Smith

Pete Smith

as Narrator (voice)

Margaret Bert

Margaret Bert

as Nurse (uncredited)

André Cheron

André Cheron

as Henri Antoine Becquerel (uncredited)

James Conaty

James Conaty

as American Scientist (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

Eddie Hart

as Photographer (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Emmett Vogan

as Pierre Curie (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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...

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