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A guy who's working on a televion idea is in
debt up to his - tubes! He's trying to find
an investor to help him get the money he
needs! The dude who went to collect tries
to get him a job collecting for the same
company he owes the money to, and it works!
He gets a job in collections! Unfortunately
there's another who's in the process of
inventing the same thing, but he's fallen
into the hands of hoods who are trying to
sell back the invention to the same people
who backed it to begin with! And pretty soon
they're sabbotaging the good guys invention!
This gets quite involved!! The reason this
is on the sci-fi set is because this was
1936!!! B+
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
This public-domain film is often said to
be a Science Fiction film because of the
title. In reality it is a B drama/comedy,
and there is nothing Sci-Fi about it.
Inventor Lyle Talbot has invented a TV
camera and TV monitor. He is trying to
finish it despite being broke and having
bill collectors like Nat Pendleton breathing
down his neck. When a scientist working
on his own television format vanishes and
is held by gangsters, a crooked radio
executive thinks he has a way to gain
more money from his company.
This is a interesting film for the time.
TV was still in developmental stages at
this point, and it is interesting to see
what set designers thought a TV of the
time would look like (big screens!).
The acting is good, Lyle Talbot was a
staple in B-Films, as was supporting
players Marc Lawrence, Joyce Compton
and Nat Pendleton. Mary Astor, again
wonderful and natural, would eventually
graduate from B-Films to become an
under appreciated A-list star. - sbibb1
Mary Astor ... Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
Lyle Talbot ... Fred Dennis
Nat Pendleton ... Rocky O'Neil
Joyce Compton ... Mae Collins
Thurston Hall ... John Curtis
Henry Mollison ... Thornton
Wyrley Birch ... Paul Turner
Robert Strange ... Standish
Mary Blake ... Miss Walsh, Secretary (uncredited)
Wade Boteler ... J.W. Greggs - Collection Agency Manager (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley ... Telephone Man (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston ... Heckler at Football Game (uncredited)
Robert Gordon ... Delivery Boy (uncredited)
William Gould ... Member of Paragon Board of Directors (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton ... Policeman (uncredited)
Howard Hickman ... G.P. Tucker - Board Member (uncredited)
Russell Hicks ... J.F. Howland - Board Member (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin ... William S. Tully, Board Member (uncredited)
Marc Lawrence ... Frank Griffin (uncredited)
Lillian Leighton ... Mrs. Leary, Apartment House Landlady (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough ... Truck Salesman (uncredited)
Neil Moore ... Mason (uncredited)
Bruce Sidney ... Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
Harry Stafford ... Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
Lillian Stuart ... Tenant (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Policeman (uncredited)
Max Wagner ... Henchman Al (uncredited)
George Webb ... Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock ... Fontaine - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
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