The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
October 5, 1936Release Date
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
October 5, 1936Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Jack Benny
Jack Carson
George Burns
Mr. Platt
Gracie Allen
Mrs. Platt
Martha Raye
Patsy
Shirley Ross
Gwen Holmes
Ray Milland
Bob Miller
Frank Forest
Frank Rossman
Benny Fields
Benny Fields
Sam Hearn
Schlepperman
Stan Kavanaugh
Kavvy
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
Virginia Weidler
Flowergirl
David Holt
Trainbearer
Gene Krupa
Band Drummer
Erwin S. Gelsey
Writer
Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
Arthur Kober
Writer
Billy Bletcher
Property Man
Frank Jenks
Trombone Player
Nora Cecil
Home Economics Woman
Ellen Drew
Telephone Girl
Stuart Gilmore
Editor
Jack Mulhall
Clerk
Bob Burns
Bob Black
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Release DateOctober 5, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
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The Big Broadcast of 1937 is a 1936 Paramount Pictures production directed by Mitchell Leisen, and is the third in the series of Big Broadcast movies. The musical comedy stars Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross, Ray Milland, Benny Fields, Frank Forest and the orchestra of Benny Goodman (featuring Gene Krupa). It was in this film that Leopold Stokowski made his movie debut conducting two of his Bach transcriptions. Uncredited roles include Jack Mulhall.
German animator Oskar Fischinger was hired to create an animation sequence in Technicolor. However, when Paramount changed the production to black-and-white, Fischinger's original abstract animation design was changed to a hybrid animation and live-action sequence showing consumer products emanating from a broadcasting tower, to the song "Radio Dynamics" by Ralph Rainger.