- A popular tenor finds himself broke and in a heap of trouble when who loses his voice through the machinations of his doctor and his secretary.
- A melodrama about the troubles of a popular tenor who loses his voice through the machinations of his doctor and his secretary, "El trovador de la radio", also known for its English title "Radio Troubador", is a Paramount Spanish-language film. Mario del Valle Tito Guízar, a popular radio singer who is visiting Los Angeles, has been the victim of embezzlement by his secretary and his physician. When Mario takes out an insurance policy, his secretary withholds the check to cover her embezzling. Mario, meanwhile, has fallen in love with a nurse named Nina Jean Brooks, and when he catches a bad cold one evening, he insists on being taken to the hospital where she works. While Mario is in the hospital, his secretary announces to the press that they are engaged, hoping that Mario's fear of bad publicity will prevent him from prosecuting her. When Mario tries to collect on his insurance, he discovers what has happened, and also finds that his secretary's crimes have left him penniless. After he confronts her, she secretly switches his gargling medicine with disinfectant, and when Nina comes to give him the medicine, his vocal chords are damaged and he can no longer sing. Nina is then dismissed from her job for carelessness. Some time later, the secretary argues with the doctor, and in revenge, she tells Mario the whole story. Mario then confronts the doctor, and in his anger, he discovers that his voice has returned to what it was. Mario then looks for Nina, they are reconciled, and he returns to sing on the radio.
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By what name was El trovador de la radio (1938) officially released in Canada in English?
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