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Trapped by Television

  • 1936
  • Approved
  • 1 Std. 4 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
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Mary Astor and Lyle Talbot in Trapped by Television (1936)
DramaKomödieKriminalität

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAn inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.

  • Regie
    • Del Lord
  • Drehbuch
    • Lee Loeb
    • Harold Buchman
    • Sherman L. Lowe
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Mary Astor
    • Lyle Talbot
    • Nat Pendleton
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    5,8/10
    378
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Del Lord
    • Drehbuch
      • Lee Loeb
      • Harold Buchman
      • Sherman L. Lowe
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Mary Astor
      • Lyle Talbot
      • Nat Pendleton
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  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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    Mary Astor
    Mary Astor
    • Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
    Lyle Talbot
    Lyle Talbot
    • Fred Dennis
    Nat Pendleton
    Nat Pendleton
    • Rocky O'Neil
    Joyce Compton
    Joyce Compton
    • Mae Collins
    Thurston Hall
    Thurston Hall
    • John Curtis
    Henry Mollison
    Henry Mollison
    • Thornton
    Wyrley Birch
    Wyrley Birch
    • Paul Turner
    Robert Strange
    Robert Strange
    • Standish
    Mary Blake
    • Miss Walsh, Secretary
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    Wade Boteler
    Wade Boteler
    • J.W. Greggs - Collection Agency Manager
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    Harry C. Bradley
    Harry C. Bradley
    • Telephone Man
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    Eddie Fetherston
    • Heckler at Football Game
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    Robert Gordon
    • Delivery Boy
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    William Gould
    William Gould
    • Member of Paragon Board of Directors
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    Chuck Hamilton
    Chuck Hamilton
    • Policeman
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    Howard Hickman
    Howard Hickman
    • G.P. Tucker - Board Member
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    Russell Hicks
    Russell Hicks
    • J.F. Howland - Board Member
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    Boyd Irwin
    • William S. Tully, Board Member
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    • Regie
      • Del Lord
    • Drehbuch
      • Lee Loeb
      • Harold Buchman
      • Sherman L. Lowe
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    8binapiraeus

    A look at the VERY first 'steps' of television!

    This is NOT just an ordinary 30s' 'semi-sci-fi' about some revolutionary invention, throwing in some pseudo-scientific terms, and otherwise concentrating on the battle about the patent rights. This is - apart from being a very lively, entertaining and well-acted story of poor inventors, poor bill collectors, and poor product promoters (none less than Mary Astor!) on the one side, and ruthless crooks wanting to get rich with a stolen invention on the other side - a VERY realistic depiction of the 'battle' that was ACTUALLY going on at the time for the development and patent rights of television - a device that has literally changed the world.

    And it's no phony, either: the names of the components for the device Fred Dennis (Lyle Talbot) is developing are well-researched - the cathode ray tube, which is so expensive and vital for the machine to work that Dennis initially can't afford to buy it was IN FACT the 'heart' of the first television sets that were really able to broadcast clear moving pictures! So this suspenseful as well as entertaining movie today is a TRUE time document - and you'll enjoy and cherish it even more if you try to watch it the way the astonished audience must have watched it back then; and say, agreeing with Dennis' friend, bill collector Rocky (Nat Pendleton): "Gee, ain't science great?!"
    sbibb1

    Early, Early Television

    This public-domain film is often said to be a Science Fiction film because of the title. In reality it is a B drama/comedy, and there is nothing Sci-Fi about it.

    Inventor Lyle Talbot has invented a TV camera and TV monitor. He is trying to finish it despite being broke and having bill collectors like Nat Pendleton breathing down his neck. When a scientist working on his own television format vanishes and is held by gangsters, a crooked radio executive thinks he has a way to gain more money from his company.

    This is a interesting film for the time. TV was still in developmental stages at this point, and it is interesting to see what set designers thought a TV of the time would look like (big screens!).

    The acting is good, Lyle Talbot was a staple in B-Films, as was supporting players Marc Lawrence, Joyce Compton and Nat Pendleton. Mary Astor, again wonderful and natural, would eventually graduate from B-Films to become an under appreciated A-list star.
    6brando647

    An Infectiously Optimistic Tale of One Inventor's Dream for the Future

    The early years of film are, for me, yet still a vast untapped resource of entertainment. I've seen a dozen or so of Chaplin's silent films, I've seen a couple of the classic Universal monster movies, and I've watched some of the classics (e.g. CASABLANCA), but the majority of those first few decades of film entertainment are almost completely unknown to me. So it's always a nice surprise when I get the opportunity to watch one I've never heard of and find it to be a fun, if ultimately forgettable, little romp. Such is the case with TRAPPED BY TELEVISION from 1936. It's a heart-warming, optimistic story in the world of science where Fred Dennis (Lyle Talbot) is an inventor who has nearly perfected a new form of television broadcast. He is putting the finishing touches on a system that will sent sound and images wirelessly across distances from the camera directly to the receiver unit. He almost hits a snag when a debt collection agency sends out an agent to collect on money owed for some of Dennis's equipment. But it just so happens that Rocky (Nat Pendleton), the collection agent, loves the idea of science; as he's overly fond of reminding people, it's his hobby. So instead of busting Dennis's kneecaps and taking the machinery back, the two of them become quick friends and partners, taking the invention to struggling investor Bobby Blake (Mary Astor) for financial aid. Bobby, seemingly more interested in Dennis than his television invention, agrees to help him shop it around and uses her connections to shop it to the Paragon Broadcasting Company, where its board members are contemplating entering the world of broadcast television. But another shady group of men have their eye on Paragon's investment funds and have no problem busting cathode ray tubes or faces to keep their plan in motion.

    After watching TRAPPED BY TELEVISION, my first impression was just how happy a film it was. It's just so unapologetically optimistic and its characters are so lovable that you want them to succeed. The four main characters… Dennis, Rocky, Bobby, and Mae (Bobby's personal assistant and best friend, played by Joyce Compton)…are in this together with everything to lose. Dennis is obviously in dire times if he's got debt collectors sending hired muscle to wring the money out of him. Bobby and Mae are on the verge of poverty with her investment company going broke after a series of poor decisions (that automatic potato-peeler just didn't take off as she'd expected). Rocky's really the only one here with nothing to lose except his new best friend and his chance to be a scientist by proxy. They're all on the way to the poorhouse but they've got the spunk to keep going in search of their next big accomplishment. I loved all of them, especially the simple-minded Rocky. His enthusiasm for science and Dennis's project is contagious and I couldn't help but chuckle with the running gag of his interactions with Dennis's flustered landlady. When she discovers Rocky works for a debt-collector, she asks him to muscle the overdue rent out of Dennis while he's at it; he puts her fears to rest with a wink and a wag of his finger, over and over again, and it works every time. A little gesture of "don't you worry none, I've got this…" It's minor and it's stupid but I loved it.

    The struggle of perfecting the invention and getting the chance to present it to Paragon would've been enough of a plot to carry the movie because, like I said, the characters are enjoyable enough. But we've still got the added dilemma of some men hoping to manipulate Paragon into paying for their radio services. There's something about missing radio technicians and one of the Paragon board members in on the scheme. Anyway, it gives the film a little bit of a gangster vibe and some drama for the final act. Maybe unnecessary but it didn't hurt anything. The main problem with a quick-and- easy bit of fun like TRAPPED BY TELEVISION is that it's not all that memorable. There's nothing spectacular that's really going to set it apart from the droves of early films that were fun but tended to fade from memory pretty easily. It's got a quaintness to it from the fact that it comes from a period where television was still a technical marvel. The idea of wireless broadcast television was science fiction at the time and came in the form of an enormously bulky unit with dials and antennae but, of course, I can download and watch it from a phone that fits in my pants' pocket. The adorably outdated ideas, the fantastic cast, the upbeat vibes, and the painless hour or so runtime make TRAPPED BY TELEVISION an easy recommendation from me if you happen to stumble across it. It should be enough to elicit a few grins.
    6arthur_tafero

    Trapped by Television - Slightly Fascinating

    This film has more hackneyed characters and cliches than most thirties films, but has one redeeming value; it has an original product: television. TV was virtually unknown in 1936, the year this film was made. It was still in experimental stages, and people's imaginations ran wild with the possibilities of the new phenomenon. The acting, if you could call it that, is way over the top, but the most fascinating part of the film is the technology. It is relatively accurate, and I found it extremely interesting on how the medium was handled at the corporate level. The nefarious bad guy complication was obviously a Hollywood studio insertion to try and make the film more precarious, but the struggle of the engineer who invented a prototype is far more interesting that any phony Hollywood subplot. Watchable for the tech aspect.
    7BA_Harrison

    TV Fun.

    'Trapped by Television': an intriguing title that sounds as though the film might feature people being accidentally sucked into the fictional realm of TV.

    It doesn't.

    In 1936, television was very much in its infancy and the mere idea of broadcasting images was still fantastical enough to be the subject of a whole movie. This fun romantic drama/thriller sees Lyle Talbot as inventor Fred Dennis, who finally perfects his television camera and receiver set with support from opportunistic promoter Barbara 'Bobby' Blake (Mary Astor), her secretary Mae Collins (Joyce Compton) and well-meaning bill collector Rocky O'Neil (Nat Pendleton). Paragon Broadcasting CEO John Curtis (Thurston Hall) shows interest in the invention, and success for Dennis and pals looks assured, but a corrupt Paragon employee has other plans and sets out to sabotage their demonstration.

    A light-hearted romp that proves all the more interesting from a historical angle, 'Trapped by Television' is a surprisingly entertaining piece of fluff, with decent performances from its likable leads, some reasonable scenes of tension, and the coolest looking television camera you're ever likely to see—an incredible hunk of art-deco metal and glass that is equal parts machine and objet d'art.

    No-one has to battle their way out of a cathode-ray-tube world of make believe, but the film is worth seeing nonetheless.

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      J.W. Greggs - Collection Agency Manager: [on the telephone] It ain't the policy of the Acme to threaten people. But if you don't kick in with that dough fast, I'm coming up there myself and smack you right on the button!

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      Referenced in Best of the Worst: The Vindicator, Cyber Tracker, Robot Jox, and R.O.T.O.R. (2013)

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      • 15. Juni 1936 (Vereinigte Staaten)
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      • Vereinigte Staaten
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      • Englisch
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