Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Collection. 1937 - 1937. Motion Picture Film. 1937 - 1937. THE ROMANCE OF CELLULOID

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Collection. 1937 - 1937. Motion Picture Film. 1937 - 1937. THE ROMANCE OF CELLULOID

1937

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/96182

This film presents an introduction to the film industry. Beginning with an explanation of the manufacture of film (with footage of cotton being picked in the south and celluloid production at a Kodak plant in Rochester, New York), the movie goes on to describe the roles of the numerous back lot technicians who build sets, design costumes and makeup, etc. The film also runs short scenes from Hollywood trailers, with glimpses of such stars as: Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Maureen O'Sullivan, Jeanette MacDonald, Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Norma Shearer, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart, Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Wallace Beery, Myrna Loy and Franchot Tone.

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National Archives at College Park

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SNAC Resource ID: 6514200

National Archives at College Park

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