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Static (1933)
Short | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Static (1933)

Short | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Another one of the "noisy" sound shorts from Educational, only mentioned because some uninformed source somewhere keeps marking nearly every short that came from Educational as being a silent. FYI to uninformed source; Educational wired ...See moreAnother one of the "noisy" sound shorts from Educational, only mentioned because some uninformed source somewhere keeps marking nearly every short that came from Educational as being a silent. FYI to uninformed source; Educational wired for sound in 1928... and used it. The title, "Static" and the plot that takes place mostly in a store selling radios (the talking furniture) should have been a clue this one isn't silent. Tom Howard inherits $3000 and he buys a radio store with his Cousin Joe that has nothing but trade-ins and junk for inventory. Plus, an extortion gang is on the way over to collect the protection money. This was made in the period when all businesses were asked to display the NRA Eagle as their sign of support for this Depression-era program, and Walter Soderling plays an irate customer who berates Howard for not being patriotic and having the NRA emblem on display. Everybody talks. There are radio sound effects. There are sound explosions. It is not a silent film. It may have been better if it was. Written by Les Adams See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Tom Howard Tom Howard Tom Howard See fewer	Rain or Shine (1930)
George Shelton Cousin Tom Cousin Tom See fewer	Meet the Bride (1937)
Elise Cavanna Radio Store Customer (uncredited) Radio Store Customer (uncredited) See fewer	The Barber Shop (1933)
Donald MacBride Bit Role (uncredited) Bit Role (uncredited) See fewer	High Sierra (1941)
Harry Semels Gangster (uncredited) Gangster (uncredited) See fewer	Les Misérables (1935)
Walter Soderling Irate Customer (uncredited) Irate Customer (uncredited) See fewer	Death of a Champion (1939)