Gielgud, Val - Death at Broadcasting House (1934)

Death at Broadcasting House is something of a burlesque 'fun' whodunit in which someone strangles Donald Wolfit live on the radio. It has a number of fascinating glimpses into the interior design and system of broadcasting at BH in the early 1930s, much of which were removed because the design did not accord with the necessary functionalism of a broadcasting and sound production centre.

A very good moving sequence is included in the film with Val Gielgud managing a mix on the revolutionary 'drama mixing panel'.

Some people could describe the film as a 'musty British whodunit'. The distribution in the US in 1941 was an attempt to cash in on the Hollywood-engendered popularity of its star, Ian Hunter.