Love is on the Air is a 1937 American film directed by Nick Grinde, and starring Ronald Reagan (in his film debut), June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Robert Barrat, Raymond Hatton and Willard Parker. It was the first of three remakes of the 1933 Paul Muni picture Hi, Nellie. (The later ones were You Can't Escape Forever (1942), with George Brent, and House Across the Street (1949), with Wayne Morris.)[1] It was ironic that, in his first movie, Reagan starred as a radio announcer, as he had just moved from Des Moines Iowa where for almost 5 years after graduating college, as a sports radio announcer he broadcast games for the Chicago Cubs, Big Ten football games and title fights from a play-by-play telegraph wire.
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Directed by | Nick Grinde |
Written by | Roy Chanslor |
Screenplay by | Morton Grant George Bricker Pat C. Flick |
Based on | Love Is on the Air (short story) |
Produced by | Bryan Foy Hal B. Wallis Jack L. Warner |
Starring | Ronald Reagan June Travis Eddie Acuff Ben Welden |
Cinematography | James Van Trees |
Edited by | Doug Gould |
Music by | Howard Jackson |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 59 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Reckless radio commentator Andy McCaine (Ronald Reagan) gets into trouble when he attacks a corrupt city government, and his boss forces him to host an innocuous kiddie program.
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