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Love Is on the Air (1937)

Love Is on the Air poster
Directed by
Nick Grinde
Genre
romance film, crime film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
59 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A radio announcer gets wrapped up in a crime mystery and a romance. He uses his on-air job to track down a missing person and clear his name.

lightheartedbreezysuspensefulromanticmysteriousnostalgicfast-pacedplayful

What happens

Love is on the Air is a 1937 American mystery 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!, to be followed by You Can't Escape Forever (1942) and The House Across the Street (1949). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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