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
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)
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
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 the rarest on earth. It needed a mammoth degree of refining from it’s source ore to yield the tiniest amount of it’s salt but this process revealed, somewhat miraculously, that despite it’s lethal qualities it also had remarkable curative powers, too! It’s quite a revelatory short feature this that demonstrates just how much luck and sheer determination, especially at times in history when technology didn’t exist, was involved and the significant levels of danger faced by those who experimented with this newfound chemical. Indeed, throughout it’s development there were many fatalities amongst the scientific community as the potential of radium was explored. Many of these science features can be terribly dry and uninteresting, but this one stays quite watchable for ten minutes.
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.
On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.
A man attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye.
The story of the legendary steel-driving folk hero born with a hammer in his hands, who pitted his strength against a mighty railroad-building machine.
Pari, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of becoming a pilot while growing up in a society that doesn’t allow her to dream.
The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
สร้างจากเรื่องราวชีวประวัติของศิลปินผู้มีชื่อว่า เจ.เอ็ม.ดับเบิลยู. เทอร์เนอร์ จิตรกรภาพทิวทัศน์ชาวอังกฤษแห่งยุคโรแมนติก ผู้ถือได้ว่าเป็นรากฐานและต้นกำเนิดของงานศิลปะอิมเพรสชั่นนิสม์ ถึงแม้เขาจะเป็นบุคคลผู้อื้อฉาวในยุคของตัวเอง แต่ในปัจจุบันเขาได้รับการยกย่องว่าเป็นหนึ่งในศิลปินที่ยกระดับภาพวาดแบบทิวทัศน์ให้อยู่ในจุดสูงสุดของประวัติศาสตร์ศิลปะ เทอร์เนอร์ขึ้นชื่อว่าเป็นศิลปินผู้พิลึกพิลั่น ยิ่งอายุมากขึ้น เทอร์เนอร์ก็ยิ่งมีพฤติกรรมที่แปลกประหลาดมากขึ้นเท่านั้น เขาเป็นคนเอาแต่ใจ พูดจาโพงผาง เขามีเพื่อนสนิทและคนใกล้ชิดเพียงไม่กี่คน บั้นปลายชีวิตเขาอาศัยอยู่กับ โซเฟีย แคโรลีน บูธ ชู้รักคนหนึ่งของเขา และเสียชีวิตในบ้านของเธอในปี 1851
When Gabriel, a 7-year-old Chinese kid who loves ballet, becomes friends with Rob, another Chinese kid from school, Rob’s dad gets suspicious about Gabriel's feminine behavior and decides to intervene.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear.