Are You Listening?

Are You Listening?

Don't touch that dial.

1932 · 73 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama, Crime

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.

Directed by Harry Beaumont · Written by Dwight Taylor

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William Haines Bill Grimes
Madge Evans Laura O'Neil
Anita Page Sally O'Neil
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

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