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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 Romance of Celluloid series which also included:
Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)
From the Ends of the Earth: Another Romance of Celluloid (1939)
Electric 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)
Original Release
08/27/1937
US Release
08/27/1937
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jack Dawn | Self - Makeup Designer / Self |
| Virginia Grey | Self |
| Clark Gable | Self |
| Robert Montgomery | Self |
| Cliff Edwards | Self |
| Rosalind Russell | Self |
| Gladys George | Self |
| Jessie Ralph | Self |
| Don Loomis | Self - Physical Director |
| Maureen O'Sullivan | Self |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jack Dawn | Self - Makeup Designer / Self |
| Virginia Grey | Self |
| Clark Gable | Self |
| Robert Montgomery | Self |
| Cliff Edwards | Self |
| Rosalind Russell | Self |
| Gladys George | Self |
| Jessie Ralph | Self |
| Don Loomis | Self - Physical Director |
| Maureen O'Sullivan | Self |
| Adrian | Self - Fashion Designer / Self |
| Jeanette MacDonald | Nina Maria / Self (archive footage) |
| Herbert Stothart | Self - Composer Conductor / Self |
| Greta Garbo | Countess Marie Walewska / Self (archive footage) |
| Charles Boyer | Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte / Self (archive footage) |
| Norma Shearer | Self / Self (archive footage) |
| Luise Rainer | Anna Benton / Self (archive footage) |
| Spencer Tracy | Joe Benton / Self (archive footage) |
| Robert Taylor | Erich Lohkamp / Self (archive footage) |
| James Stewart | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) |
