The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
1h 34m
Running Time
February 11, 1938Release Date
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
1h 34m
Running Time
February 11, 1938Release Date
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Plot.
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
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Cast & Crew.
W.C. Fields
T. Frothingill Bellows
Martha Raye
Martha Bellows
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Wyndham
Shirley Ross
Cleo Fielding
Lynne Overman
Scoop McPhail
James P. Hogan
Director
Bob Hope
Buzz Fielding
Ben Blue
Mike
Rufe Davis
Turnkey
Leif Erickson
Bob Hayes
Patricia Wilder
Honey Chile
Lionel Pape
Lord Droopy
Grace Bradley
Grace Fielding
Mitchell Leisen
Director
Virginia Vale
Joan Fielding
Russell Hicks
Capt. Stafford
Walter DeLeon
Writer
Francis Martin
Writer
Kirsten Flagstad
Specialty: of the Metropolitan Opera Company
Ken Englund
Writer
Wilfrid Pelletier
Specialty: Conductor of The Metropolitan Opera Company
Howard Lindsay
Writer
Gertrude Astor
Woman (uncredited)
Monte Blue
Passenger (uncredited)
Harlan Thompson
Producer
Mae Busch
Chaperone (uncredited)
Harry Fischbeck
Cinematographer
James Craig
Steward (uncredited)
Chandler House
Editor
Eleanor Keaton
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Eda Warren
Editor
Irving Bacon
Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Reporter (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Woman (uncredited)
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Story
William LeBaron
Executive Producer
Ernst Fegté
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 11, 1938
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures musical comedy film starring W. C. Fields and featuring Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies. This film featured the debut of Hope's signature song, "Thanks for the Memory" by Ralph Rainger.
Big Broadcast Collection.
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