Romance 1930

Overview

Romance is a 1930 American drama film directed by Clarence Brown and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The movie is the second version of the 1913 play of the same name by Edward Sheldon, with a screenplay written by Edwin Justus Mayer and Bess Meredyth. The film stars Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Gavin Gordon, Elliott Nugent, Florence Lake, and Clara Blandick. The story features a beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man who falls in love with a young clergyman. Additional details from the sources describe the plot involving young Harry, who is in love and wants to marry an actress despite his family's displeasure. When Harry thinks that Bishop Armstrong knows nothing about love, Armstrong tells him the story of Rita and himself. Rita was an opera star singing in New York at a party given by Cornelius, and Armstrong was a twenty-eight-year-old. The film has a runtime of one hour and sixteen minutes and was released in the United States on August 26, 1930.