''Another Romance of Celluloid'' is a 1938

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documentary film, narrated by

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, which goes behind the scenes to look at how film is developed and processed. The film was produced as a follow-up to the studio's ''

Romance of Celluloid ''The Romance of Celluloid'' is a 1937 short black and white documentary film, narrated by Frank Whitbeck, which goes behind the scenes to look at the manufacture of film and the making of motion pictures. The film was the first of the studio's ...

'' (1937).

Synopsis

The film starts with a brief reprise of the previous film, before cutting to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in

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, California where assistant cameraman Bill Reilly picks up the film from the lab for ''

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'' (1938) which he passes on to cameraman

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. Behind the scenes footage shows

W.S. Van Dyke Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke II (Woody) (March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director and writer who made several successful early sound films, including ''Tarzan the Ape Man'' in 1932, ''The Thin Man'' in 1934, ''San Franci ...

directing a scene between Norma Shearer and Robert Morley before the negative is taken to the lab to be developed, dried and polished by lab technician

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. The test strips are then read and delivered to the print room for printing. A tram takes the viewer on a quick tour of the studio complete with behind the scenes footage of

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directing '' Judge Hardy's Children'' (1938), Freddie Bartholomew training with elephants for the then unproduced ''Kim'', Luise Rainer doing a costume test for '' The Toy Wife'' (1938), and candid footage of Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. The film concludes with a montage from trailers for coming MGM pictures and footage of Louis B. Mayer,

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, Luise Rainer and

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at the

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banquet.

Production

The film was shot on location at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in

, California.

References

External links

* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films Documentary films about Hollywood, Los Angeles American black-and-white films American short documentary films 1938 documentary films 1938 films 1930s short documentary films Films scored by Edward Ward (composer) 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language short documentary films {{arts-documentary-film-stub