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
Recommended
Two Evil Eyes
January 25, 1990
Rewind 3: The Final Chapter
August 17, 2023
Detention
September 20, 2019
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
September 10, 2020
Michael Lives Alone
March 31, 2023
Weddings and Wokes: A Family Dilemma
December 19, 2024
Dune
June 15, 2020
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
December 12, 2011
Beethoven's 5th
December 2, 2003
Don't Blink
February 10, 2023
LOL
Destroy All Monsters
August 1, 1968
Fear of the Light
March 11, 2024
Lo
December 10, 2017
Kids Return
July 27, 1996
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
August 19, 1988
In Harm's Way
April 6, 1965
Anything for a Pop Star 2
October 10, 2024
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
April 2, 2011