Are You Listening?
movie
Don't touch that dial.
Released March 21, 1932
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.
Cast
William Haines
as
Bill Grimes
Madge Evans
as
Laura O'Neil
Anita Page
as
Sally O'Neil
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
Ethel Griffies
as
Mrs. Peters
Charley Grapewin
as
Pierce
