The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
September 20, 1935Release Date
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
September 20, 1935Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jack Oakie
Spud Miller
George Burns
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen
Lyda Roberti
Countess Ysobel de Naigila
Wendy Barrie
Sue
Henry Wadsworth
Smiley
C. Henry Gordon
Gordoni
Benny Baker
Herman
Bing Crosby
Bing
David Boehm
Writer
Julius J. Epstein
Writer
Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman
Mary Boland
Mrs. Sealingsworth
Charles Ruggles
Wilbur Sealingsworth
Norman Taurog
Director
David Holt
Brother
Walter DeLeon
Writer
Francis Martin
Writer
Virginia Weidler
Little Girl in Hospital
Ralph Spence
Writer
Guy Standing
Doctor
Benjamin Glazer
Producer
Gail Patrick
Nurse
Leo Tover
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Big Broadcast of 1936 is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, and is the second in the series of Big Broadcast movies. The musical comedy starred Jack Oakie, Bing Crosby, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman, The Nicholas Brothers, Lyda Roberti, Wendy Barrie, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles, Akim Tamiroff, Amos 'n' Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and Argentinian tango singer Carlos Gardel.
Glenn Miller appears as part of the Ray Noble Orchestra. Their performance was filmed at the Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York. In Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1974), George Thomas Simon noted that Glenn Miller was paid extra by Ray Noble "for working on The Big Broadcast of 1936, so that Glenn's total weekly pay" was $356. The screen appearance of the Ray Noble orchestra was edited down to a very brief scene on the "televisor". The screenplay was by Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin, Ralph Spence, and Julius J. Epstein, who was uncredited. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Dance Direction by LeRoy Prinz for "It's the Animal in Me". Although the film has not been released on DVD or VHS, it is available on various video sharing websites.