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The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

The Big Broadcast of 1938

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1h 31m

Animation, Comedy, Musicals, Romance

February 11th, 1938

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The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.

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Cast

W.C. Fields
T. Frothingill Bellows
Martha Raye
Martha Bellows
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Wyndham
Shirley Ross
Cleo Fielding
Lynne Overman
Scoop McPhail
Bob Hope
Buzz Fielding
Ben Blue
Mike
Leif Erickson
Bob Hayes
Patricia Wilder
Honey Chile
Grace Bradley
Grace Fielding
Full cast & crew

Directors

Mitchell Leisen
James P. Hogan
(uncredited)
Full cast & crew

Producers

William LeBaron
executive producer
(uncredited)
Harlan Thompson
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Walter DeLeon
screen play
(???)
Francis Martin
(screen play) and
Ken Englund
screen play
Full cast & crew

Taglines

The finest array of entertainment ever offered !
IT'S BIGGER THAN MY BEAK! MIGHTIER THAN MARTHA'S MOUTH! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - March 4, 1938 - all caps)
Big in LAUGHS!...Big in RHYTHM! Big in ROMANCE!...It's the biggest BIG BROADCAST of them all! (Print Ad-Utica Observer-Dispatch, ((Utica,NY)) 17 February 1938)
All Taglines

Keywords

aircraft
anthropomorphism
rescue
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

May 18th, 1938 (Argentina)
May 20th, 1938 (Belgium) (Brussels)
March 30th, 1938 (France)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (original title)
Sorpresas 1938 (Argentina)
Ondas Musicais de 1938 (Brazil) (alternative title)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Eastern Service Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA (sequence: Kirsten Flagstad aria)
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)

Running Times

91 min (copyright length)
94 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

Paramount
Paramount Pictures (Afghanistan)

Distribution Companies

Epoca (Argentina)
Paramount Pictures (Argentina)
Paramount Pictures (Norway)
All Distribution Companies

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