Are You Listening?
1932/03/21 • Released • English
Don't touch that dial.
Overview
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.
Director : Harry Beaumont
Casts
William Haines
Bill Grimes
Madge Evans
Laura O'Neil
Anita Page
Larry Barnes
Karen Morley
Alice Grimes
Neil Hamilton
Jack Clayton
Wallace Ford
Larry Barnes
Jean Hersholt
George Wagner
John Miljan
Ted Russell
Hank Mann
Radio station sound effects man
Murray Kinnell
Mr. Carson
Ethel Griffies
Mrs. Peters
Charley Grapewin
Pierce
Lucien Littlefield
Fred
Hattie McDaniel
Performer entering radio station
Joan Marsh
Honey O'Neil
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