''The Romance of Celluloid'' is a 1937
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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 ''Romance of Celluloid'' series which also included:
* ''
Another Romance of Celluloid'' (1938)
* ''From the Ends of the Earth: Another Romance of Celluloid'' (1939)
* ''Electrical Power: Another Romance of Celluloid'' (1939)
* ''
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound'' (1940)
* ''A New Romance of Celluloid: Hollywood; Style Center of the World'' (1940)
* ''A New Romance of Celluloid: You Can't Fool a Camera'' (1941)
* ''A New Romance of Celluloid: Personalities'' (1942)
* ''A New Romance of Celluloid: We Must Have Music'' (1942)
* ''Twenty Years After: A New Romance of Celluloid'' (1944)
Synopsis
The film starts with a brief look at cotton being picked on a plantation in the southern United States, before cutting to the
Kodak plant in
Rochester, New York where the raw cotton is processed into cellulose which is treated with silver and other materials to make film stock. Behind the scenes at the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in
Culver City
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California, where sets are being constructed, we see make-up artist
Jack Dawn demonstrating his
Abraham Lincoln make-up, costume designer
Adrian sketching a dress for
Jeanette MacDonald in ''
The Firefly'' (1937), composer
Herbert Stothart conducting the music for ''
Conquest'' (1937),
Virginia Grey doing her first screen test with
Clark Gable, and candid footage of
Robert Montgomery,
Cliff Edwards,
Rosalind Russell,
Gladys George,
Jessie Ralph,
Maureen O'Sullivan and studio trainer Don Loomis. The film concludes with a montage from trailers for coming MGM pictures featuring the studio's parade of stars.
Production
The film was shot on location at the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in
Culver City
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California and the
Kodak plant in
Rochester, New York.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
Documentary films about the cinema of the United States
1937 documentary films
1937 films
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1930s short documentary films
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1930s English-language films
1930s American films
English-language short documentary films