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The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1937)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 2001 Wide

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Paramount's final "Big Broadcast" musical had perhaps the least exciting musical lineup of the series (Tito Guizar, The Shep Fields Orchestra, and opera singer Kirsten Flagstad are hardly household names today), but a slightly stronger storyline than the others, as well as a top-notch comic cast. This time out, most of the action takes place as sea, as S.B. Bellows (W.C. Fields) shows off his new invention: an ocean liner that can turn radio signals into electricity and part the waves at 100

Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.

Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Mitchell Leisen

Written By: Russel Crouse, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan

In Theaters: Jan 1, 2001 Wide

On DVD: Jul 11, 1995

Cast

W.C. Fields
S.B. Bellows/T. Frothin...
Martha Raye
Martha Bellows
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Wyndham
Shirley Ross
Cleo Fielding
Lynne Overman
Scoop McPhail
Bob Hope
Buzz Fielding
Russell Hicks
Capt. Stafford
Ben Blue
Mike
Grace Bradley
Grace Fielding
Rufe Davis
Turnkey
Lionel Pape
Lord Droopy
Leonid Kinskey
Ivan
Patricia Wilder
Honey Chile
Robert (Tex) Allen
1st gas station man
Gertrude Astor
Woman
Irving Bacon
Prisoner with harmonica
Monte Blue
Don Brodie
Radio operator
James P. Burtis
Third reporter
Ethel Clayton
Woman
Jimmy Conlin
First reporter
James Craig
Steward
Nell Craig
Woman
Sheila Darcy
Haughty Girl
Richard Denning
Officer
Leif Erickson
Bob Hayes
Kirsten Flagstad
Herself
Bud Geary
Helmsman
Lorna Gray
Divorcee
Sherry Hall
Second reporter
Carol Holloway
Woman
Harry Lauter
Seaman
Mary MacLaren
Woman
Wally Maher
Court clerk
Don Marion
Caddy
Lal Chand Mehra
Bit
Rex Moore
Caddy
Clive Morgan
Officer
Edgar Norton
Bellows' secretary
Bernard Punsly
Caddy
Archie Twitchell
Steward
Virginia Vale
Joan Fielding
Dorothy White
Michael Brooke Jr
Officer
Tito Gu�zar
Himself
Shep Fields
Himself
Jerry Fletcher
2nd gas station man
Florence Wix
Woman
Jack Hubbard
Officer

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Fair Fields material, notable mostly for Hope and "Thanks for the Memory"

August 21, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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This movie is too silly and not funny enough, but it does have its funny scenes here and there.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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The cast alone makes this one worth tuning into. It's a collage of various skits all linked to a common theme. Great music, good production. Amusing and entertaining.

December 24, 2008

James Higgins

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