Mary Astor
Barbara "Bobby" Blake
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Synopsis
An inventor needs financing to finish a television system, but unpaid bills and rival interests keep blocking his progress. A businesswoman and a persistent debt collector become involved as criminals see an opportunity of their own. The story combines romance and comic intrigue with an early screen vision of television's possibilities.
Cast
DirectorsDel Lord
Historical context
Television becomes the engine of a crime story at a time when the medium had yet to become an ordinary household possession. The film mixes speculative technology with comedy and investigation, preserving a 1930s fantasy of what electronic images might make possible.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.
- Mary Astor — Studio · Public domain
- Lyle Talbot — Photo by Talbot, New York · Public domain
- Nat Pendleton — Trailer screenshot · Public domain
- Joyce Compton — film screenshot (PRC) · Public domain
