Love Is on the Air

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.

Love Is on the Air
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Directed byNick Grinde
Produced byBryan Foy
Hal B. Wallis
Jack L. Warner
Written byRoy Chanslor
Screenplay byMorton Grant
George Bricker
Pat C. Flick
Based onLove Is on the Air (short story)
StarringRonald Reagan
June Travis
Eddie Acuff
Ben Welden
Music byHoward Jackson
CinematographyJames Van Trees
Edited byDoug Gould
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • October 2, 1937 (1937-10-02)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot summary

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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References
  1. http://www.allmovie.com/movie/love-is-on-the-air-v100391


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