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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"Here indeed was a discovery to excite the physicists"
A Smith called Pete abandon his usual snarky delivery -- although he maintains his nasal tone -- to narrate this short subject covering the discovery of radioactivity and eventually radium.
Like many of MGM's shorts in this period, the performers of this short subject do so in dumb show, while the narrator tells you what's going on. This survivial of silent film and benshi-like narration persisted through the middle of the 1950s, with series like Pete Smith's and James A. Fitzpatrick's TRAVELTALKS. Both of these producer-narrators were fond of a long-winded style of delivery. Whether that has any relevance is up to you to figure out.
Like many of MGM's shorts in this period, the performers of this short subject do so in dumb show, while the narrator tells you what's going on. This survivial of silent film and benshi-like narration persisted through the middle of the 1950s, with series like Pete Smith's and James A. Fitzpatrick's TRAVELTALKS. Both of these producer-narrators were fond of a long-winded style of delivery. Whether that has any relevance is up to you to figure out.
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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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