Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
Boris Karloff
- The Phantom
- (as Karloff)
Gene Austin
- Radio Artist
- (as Gene Austin with Candy and Coco)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBilly Barty (as the infant Gabney), along with Dick Elliott and Florence Enright as his parents, had their scenes cut before release.
- GoofsThe big mystery sketch and the doctor sketch both rely heavily on visual gags which would make them poor choices to be performed on the radio.
- Quotes
Phillip "Gift of Gab" Gabney: Why, your troubles are over. When I handle your liver, I'll bring home the bacon.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1995)
Featured review
Decent, but not filling.
Blowhard Philip Gabney becomes a smash radio announcer, until he is canned from the station for a fake broadcast and tries to resume his on air status by attempting a dangerous stunt. Very weak on plot development, but obviously this was done by Universal to promote various radio, vaudeville, and singing stars of the day. Many of the segments from the movie to be done for a radio listening audience seem more suited to a visual mode. Of note, this is the second movie to team Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, even though they don't appear on screen at the same time and are in for a few seconds. Rating, 3 of 10.
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- Mike-764
- Oct 6, 2002
Details
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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