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]

Frontier Romance
Directed byElmer Clifton
Written byJack Cunningham
Story byAubrey Scotto
Produced byHerbert T. Kalmus
StarringAllan Simpson
Nina Quartero
Arthur Clayton
Vic Young
Ted Oliver
CinematographyAllen M. Davey
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Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • June 13, 1929 (1929-06-13)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English Intertitles

Production

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

Preservation Status

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Frontier Romance is believed to be lost.[3]

References

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  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
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