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Romance is a 1930 American drama and romance film produced and directed by Clarence Brown for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay was written by Bess Meredyth and Edwin Justus Mayer, with William H. Daniels serving as director of photography. The cast includes Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Gavin Gordon, and Elliott Nugent. William Axt composed the score, while Cedric Gibbons and Adrian handled production and costume design, respectively.
The film, presented in black-and-white, has a runtime of 76 minutes and is set in the Pre-Code Hollywood era. Its plot follows a beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man who falls in love with a young clergyman. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and is available via video on demand.
Romance received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and another for Best Director. It was also recognized by the National Board of Review as one of the Top Ten Films. The movie holds a rating of 5.7 on IMDb and a vote average of 6.474 on TMDb.
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6.5A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.
Cast
- Greta Garbo as Rita Cavallini
- Lewis Stone as Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
- Gavin Gordon as Tom Armstrong
- Elliott Nugent as Harry
- Florence Lake as Susan Van Tuyl
- Clara Blandick as Abigail Armstrong
Themes
- loss
- clergyman
- love
- pre-code
- nostalgic
- opera star
- recollection
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Screenwriter
- Edwin Justus Mayer
- Cast member
- Mathilde Comont
- Composer
- William Axt
- Producer
- Clarence Brown
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- William H. Daniels
- Duration
- 76
- FilmAffinity ID
- 113653
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Romance (1930) still 1.JPG
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- publication date
- 1930-01-01
- title
- Romance
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- costume designer
- Adrian
- Commons category
- Romance (1930 film)
- different from
- Romans
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