Romance of Radium

Romance of Radium

Romance of Radium

6.3/ 10

TMDB Rating

14

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1937

Release Year

10 min

Runtime

History

Drama

Overview

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

Keywords

radium

short film

Cast

Pete Smith

Pete Smith

Narrator (voice)

Margaret Bert

Nurse (uncredited)

André Cheron

André Cheron

Henri Antoine Becquerel (uncredited)

James Conaty

American Scientist (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

Photographer (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Emmett Vogan

Pierre Curie (uncredited)

Images

Romance of Radium image 1

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

June 29, 2025

6

6/10

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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