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1933 film directed by Phil Rosen

The Phantom Broadcast

Directed by	Phil Rosen
Written by	Tristram Tupper
Produced by	William T. Lackey Trem Carr
Starring	Ralph Forbes Vivienne Osborne Gail Patrick
Cinematography	Gilbert Warrenton
Edited by	Carl Pierson
Music by	Bernard B. Brown Norman Spencer
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	March 15, 1933 (1933-03-15)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Phantom Broadcast is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ralph Forbes, Vivienne Osborne and Gail Patrick. It was based on a story by Tristram Tupper entitled Phantom of the Air.

Plot

An arrogant singing radio performer is murdered, apparently by his accompanist who provided the real voice behind his success.

Cast

Ralph Forbes as Norman Wilder
Vivienne Osborne as Elsa Evans
Arnold Gray as Grant Murdock
Gail Patrick as Laura Hamilton
Paul Page as Dr. Robert Brooks
Pauline Garon as Nancy
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Sandy Higgins
Rockliffe Fellowes as Joe Maestro
Harland Tucker as Program Manager
Carl Miller as Lefty
Mary MacLaren as Beth
George Nash as Artist
Althea Henley as Model
George 'Gabby' Hayes as Police Lieutenant
Louise Beavers as Penny
Kit Guard as Thug
Henry Hall as Thornton - Radio Station Manager
Dick Rush as Policeman

References

Bradley p.169

Bibliography

Bradley, Edwin M. Unsung Hollywood Musicals of the Golden Era: 50 Overlooked Films and Their Stars, 1929–1939. McFarland, 2016.

External links

The Phantom Broadcast at IMDb

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Films directed by Phil Rosen

Are All Men Alike? (1920)
The Path She Chose (1920)
The Road to Divorce (1920)
The Lure of Youth (1921)
The Little Fool (1921)
Extravagance (1921)
The World's Champion (1922)
The Young Rajah (1922)
Handle With Care (1922)
The Bonded Woman (1922)
Across the Continent (1922)
Being Respectable (1924)
Abraham Lincoln (1924)
Lovers' Lane (1924)
This Woman (1924)
The Bridge of Sighs (1925)
The Heart of a Siren (1925)
The White Monkey (1925)
Wandering Footsteps (1925)
Rose of the Tenements (1926)
The Adorable Deceiver (1926)
The Exquisite Sinner (1926)
A Woman's Heart (1926)
California or Bust (1927)
The Cancelled Debt (1927)
Closed Gates (1927)
The Woman Who Did Not Care (1927)
The Cruel Truth (1927)
Stolen Pleasures (1927)
Heaven on Earth (1927)
In the First Degree (1927)
Pretty Clothes (1927)
Salvation Jane (1927)
Stranded (1927)
Thumbs Down (1927)
Burning Up Broadway (1928)
Undressed (1928)
Modern Mothers (1928)
The Branded Man (1928)
Marry the Girl (1928)
The Apache (1928)
The Peacock Fan (1929)
The Faker (1929)
Extravagance (1930)
Lotus Lady (1930)
The Rampant Age (1930)
Second Honeymoon (1930)
Worldly Goods (1930)
El Codigo Penal (1930)
Alias – the Bad Man (1931)
Arizona Terror (1931)
Branded Men (1931)
The Pocatello Kid (1931)
Two Gun Man (1931)
Range Law (1931)
Young Blood (1932)
Whistlin' Dan (1932)
The Gay Buckaroo (1932)
The Vanishing Frontier (1932)
A Man's Land (1932)
Texas Gun Fighter (1932)
Klondike (1932)
Lena Rivers (1932)
Self Defense (1932)
Shadows of Sing Sing (1933)
Black Beauty (1933)
Devil's Mate (1933)
Kiss of Araby (1933)
The Sphinx (1933)
The Phantom Broadcast (1933)
Picture Brides (1933)
Hold the Press (1933)
Dangerous Corner (1934)
Take the Stand (1934)
Cheaters (1934)
Little Men (1934)
Woman in the Dark (1934)
Beggars in Ermine (1934)
West of the Pecos (1934)
Born to Gamble (1935)
The Unwelcome Stranger (1935)
Death Flies East (1935)
The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935)
Ellis Island (1936)
Easy Money (1936)
The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
The President's Mystery (1936)
It Couldn't Have Happened – But It Did (1936)
Brilliant Marriage (1936)
Tango (1936)
Missing Girls (1936)
Three of a Kind (1936)
It Could Happen to You (1937)
Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)
Roaring Timber (1937)
Two Wise Maids (1937)
Youth on Parole (1937)
The Marines Are Here (1938)
Missing Evidence (1939)
Ex-Champ (1939)
Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
Queen of the Yukon (1940)
Forgotten Girls (1940)
Double Alibi (1940)
The Crooked Road (1940)
The Deadly Game (1941)
I Killed That Man (1941)
Murder by Invitation (1941)
Paper Bullets (1941)
Roar of the Press (1941)
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
Road to Happiness (1941)
The Man with Two Lives (1942)
The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
A Gentle Gangster (1943)
You Can't Beat the Law (1943)
Wings Over the Pacific (1943)
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
The Chinese Cat (1944)
Call of the Jungle (1944)
Return of the Ape Man (1944)
Army Wives (1944)
Black Magic (1944)
Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
In Old New Mexico (1945)
The Jade Mask (1945)
The Scarlet Clue (1945)
The Red Dragon (1946)
The Shadow Returns (1946)
Step By Step (1946)
The Strange Mr. Gregory (1946)
The Secret of St. Ives (1949)

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