Exiled to Shanghai

I found "Exiled to Shanghai" hiding on a book shelf among my collection of old B&W films on DVD so I thought I would watch it. I found it an interesting movie because it delves into the early days of television broadcasting way back in 1937. There are a number of character actors in the movie who were popular back in the day including Wallace Ford, Dean Jagger, Arthur Lake, and Jonathan Hale. And the very pretty June Travis is there for as the spirited Nancy Jones that Wallace Ford,as Ted Young, falls completely for. One of the highlights of the movie is when Ted Young has to tell a client how a TV signal will be able to travel from Los Angeles to New York City. The curvature of the Earth and mountains pose a big problem. However, Ted comes up with a fascinating spur of the moment solution that the network decides to use. Even though the movie is not rated, I say it is worthy of a "PG" theatrical rating. I am giving the movie 9 out of 10 stars which is thumbs way up!