Are You Listening?*

Are You Listening? (1932)



Radio continuity writer Bill Grimes is unhappily married to Alice and wants a divorce to marry radio actress Laura O'Neil. Though Alice knows about his relationship with Laura, she refuses to give Bill a divorce until he earns enough to give her $100 a week in alimony. Laura lives with her two sisters, Sally and Honey, both of whom are more interested in rich men and parties than waiting around for a nice man like Bill. On the night of Bill's third wedding anniversary, Alice coerces him into attending a dinner party, leaving Laura to wait for his late night visit. Her sisters meanwhile go to a dinner party at the apartment of the wealthy Jack Clayton, who gets Honey drunk.

Two months later, Bill, who has had to break off his relationship with Laura, is discharged for losing an account because his gag lines are no longer funny. At home, Alice, who is completely unsympathetic, answers a phone call from Laura but prevents her from telling Bill that she has talked his boss, Mr. Carson, into giving him his job back. Finally fed up with Alice, Bill walks out, not knowing about Carson's offer. A short time later, Honey finally realizes that Clayton has been leading her on, but still decides to take a job he has offered her with The Morning Tab editor Ted Russell. On Christmas Eve, while radio singer Larry Barnes takes Honey, with whom he is in love, to see a Christmas tree for poor newsboys, Bill is about to be evicted from his hotel, but looks forward to a job interview with another station. Alice comes to his hotel, and warns him to get her some money quickly.

In an argument, he accidentally knocks her down and leaves, realizing she's dead. He then goes to Laura and tells her he's leaving town, but while they are saying goodbye, they hear a police radio broadcast report about Alice's "murder," and Laura decides to run away with him. As they drive toward Florida, Honey's boss concocts a plan to capture "The radio man" through radio broadcasts. Two days later, when Bill and Laura stop for gas, someone recognizes them and phones Miami Clarion editor Pierce, who gets them into his office and calls Russell. Russell devises a plan to secretly broadcast an interview with Bill on a radio hook-up.

After announcing to the audience that Bill is a cold-blooded killer, Russell pretends to Bill that he actually thinks he's innocent. While Laura pleads over the radio for Bill, Russell uses the broadcast to further enflame the public against him. Bill is arrested and convicted of manslaughter, and as he takes the train to prison, Laura comes to see him off. Because Bill has gottern a three-year sentence, he assures Laura that with good behavior he will be out in a year and maybe by then the Depression will be over

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