Are You Listening?

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

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