Remote Control
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Malcolm St. Clair
William Haines
Charles King
Mary Doran
John Miljan
Polly Moran
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
William J. Brennan, who works in a music shop, aspires to become a radio announcer, but when Smedley, his employer, finds him practicing with a dummy microphone during working hours, he hurries William out to wait on Marion Ferguson, a customer with whom William flirts and whom he pursues into the street. After being fired, he follows Marion to a radio broadcasting studio, where he meets Sam Ferguson, his old friend and Marion's brother, and volunteers to help him revive the waning life of the station. In addition to attracting many performers, an advertisement brings Dr. Kruger, leader of the Ghost Gang, who plans to direct the activities of his gangsters by broadcasting instructions under the guise of a clairvoyant mystic. William interferes in his plans, and Kruger orders him kidnaped and plots to have him eliminated during a bank robbery; but William contrives a scheme for tipping off the police and his friends by using newspaper headlines, and he is rescued in a final hectic chase.
Cast
William Haines
Charles King
Mary Doran
John Miljan
Polly Moran
J. C. Nugent
Edward Nugent
Wilbur Mack
James Donlan
Edward Brophy
Warner P. Richmond
Russell Hopton
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
The original play opened in New York on 10 September 1929.
Notes
According to Motion Picture News (Oct 1930) Edward Sedgwick was the last of four directors to work on this film. Later reviews, however, indicate that Malcom St. Clair and Nick Grinde recieved final credit for the direction.
