"AS STARTLING AS ITS TITLE" 15 June 1936 Drama, Sci-Fi, Romance 64 mins
An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.
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Mary Astor as Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
Lyle Talbot as Fred Dennis
Nat Pendleton as Rocky O'Neil
Joyce Compton as Mae Collins
Thurston Hall as John Curtis
Henry Mollison as Thornton
Wyrley Birch as Paul Turner
Robert Strange as Standish
Del Lord Director
Lee Loeb Screenplay
Harold Buchman Screenplay
Allen G. Siegler Director of Photography
Sherman L. Lowe Story
Al Martin Story
Ben Pivar Associate Producer
James Sweeney Editor
United States 15 June 1936
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A young inventor trying to get his television system financed. A gang of crooks are out to stop him. Stars Lyle Talbot Mary Astor Nat Pendleton and Joyce ...
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The invention of television (sort of) as seen from 1936.
An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.
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