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1932 · 1h 13m · Passed
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Harry Beaumont
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 and cast
- Harry Beaumont Director
- William Haines as Bill Grimes
- Madge Evans as Laura O'Neil
- Anita Page as Larry Barnes
- Karen Morley as Alice Grimes
- Neil Hamilton as Jack Clayton
- Wallace Ford as Larry Barnes
- Jean Hersholt as George Wagner
- John Miljan as Ted Russell
- Hank Mann as Radio station sound effects man
- Murray Kinnell as Mr. Carson
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