A fast talking grifter and his stooge, after failing in selling a patented ink remover, inadvertently find themselves pushed into the radio broadcasting business. What follows is a series of blackouts behind the scenes of a radio studio.
Is this a movie? Honestly, Gift of Gab feels less like a movie and more like someone shoved a radio studio into a blender. If you love early 1930s chaos, you might have a blast. If you prefer, you know, an actual plot that doesn't wander off to find its own shoes every ten minutes, you’re going to hate this. The whole...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Karl Freund
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"Is this a movie? Honestly, Gift of Gab feels less like a movie and more like someone shoved a radio studio into a blender. If you love early 1930s chaos, you might have a blast. If you prefer, you know, an actual plot that doesn't wander off to find its own shoes every ten minutes, you’re going to hate this. The whole thing starts with a couple of guys trying to sell ink remover, which is about as exciting as watching paint dry, but then it pivots hard into radio. It’s a total whiplash experien..."
Julius J. Epstein, Rian James, Jerry Wald, Lou Breslow
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