Release Date

21 Mar, 1932

Runtime

01:13: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Don't touch that dial.

WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsors smiling. But one sponsor, a producer of plumbing supplies, isn’t happy. So WBLA scriptwriter Bill Grimes is bounced from his job, setting in motion this movie’s turn from comedic to darkly tragic. William Haines, two years removed from being Tinseltown’s top male star, plays Grimes in a melodrama noted for its glimpses of live radio production and for a Depression-era ethos that includes peroxide cuties eager to land a job, a sugar daddy or both.

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Actors

William Haines

Madge Evans

Anita Page

Karen Morley

Neil Hamilton

Wallace Ford

Jean Hersholt

John Miljan

Hank Mann

Murray Kinnell

Ethel Griffies

Charley Grapewin

Lucien Littlefield

Hattie McDaniel

Joan Marsh

Crew

Dwight Taylor

Harry Beaumont

Dwight Taylor