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On the Air (1934)

On the Air poster
Directed by
Herbert Smith
Genre
musical film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British musical film from 1934. It follows a group of performers getting involved with a radio broadcast.

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What happens

On the Air is a 1934 British musical film directed by Herbert Smith and starring Davy Burnaby, Reginald Purdell and Betty Astell. It was written by Michael Barringer, and Samuel Woolf Smith. It was re-released in 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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