This Oscar-nominated short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine.This Oscar-nominated short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine.This Oscar-nominated short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
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Pete Smith
- Narrator
- (voice)
Margaret Bert
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
André Cheron
- Henri Antoine Becquerel
- (uncredited)
James Conaty
- American Scientist
- (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
- Pierre Curie
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Medical Milestone
An MGM Pete Smith Specialty.
This unusually sober Pete Smith Short, directed by Jacques Tourneur, gives the history behind the discovery of the marvelous substance, radium, and discusses a few of its potential applications, as understood in the 1930's.
Often overlooked or neglected today, the one and two-reel short subjects were useful to the Studios as important training grounds for new or burgeoning talents, both in front & behind the camera. The dynamics for creating a successful short subject was completely different from that of a feature length film, something akin to writing a topnotch short story rather than a novel. Economical to produce in terms of both budget & schedule and capable of portraying a wide range of material, short subjects were the perfect complement to the Studios' feature films.
This unusually sober Pete Smith Short, directed by Jacques Tourneur, gives the history behind the discovery of the marvelous substance, radium, and discusses a few of its potential applications, as understood in the 1930's.
Often overlooked or neglected today, the one and two-reel short subjects were useful to the Studios as important training grounds for new or burgeoning talents, both in front & behind the camera. The dynamics for creating a successful short subject was completely different from that of a feature length film, something akin to writing a topnotch short story rather than a novel. Economical to produce in terms of both budget & schedule and capable of portraying a wide range of material, short subjects were the perfect complement to the Studios' feature films.
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- Ron Oliver
- Sep 30, 2005
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- Also known as
- Pete Smith Specialties (1936-1937 Season) #18: The Romance of Radium
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center - 1200 N. State Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(brief exterior shot before scene of lead-lined safe storing radium)
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- Runtime10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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