Frontier Romance Explained

Frontier Romance
Director:Elmer Clifton
Producer:Herbert T. Kalmus
Story:Aubrey Scotto
Starring:Allan Simpson
Nina Quartero
Arthur Clayton
Vic Young
Ted Oliver
Cinematography:Allen M. Davey
Studio:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Technicolor Corporation
Distributor:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country:United States
Language:Silent
English Intertitles

Frontier Romance is a 1929 MGM short silent film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the twelfth and final film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series. A romantic historical drama, the film depicts George Rogers Clark and other American colonists as they interact with Native American tribespeople.[1]

Production

The film was shot at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood.[2]

Preservation Status

Frontier Romance is believed to be lost.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Layton, James and David Pierce. The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935. George Eastman House, 2015, p. 347.
  2. Slide, Anthony. "The 'Great Events' Series". Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film. Scarecrow Press, 2005, p. 38.
  3. Layton and Pierce 347