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The Big Broadcast of 1938

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The Big Broadcast of 1938
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1hr 34min
Genres:
Comedy,Musical
Release:
1937
Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Starring:
W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour  ...more
Synopsis: 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 miles ... Full Synopsis
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Hans J. Wollstein, AMG Review
Released on DVD along with College Swing (1938), The Big Broadcast of 1938 is an expected hit and miss affair but with more misses than hits. Among the few highlights are W.C. Fields (no surprise there), who updates some of his oldest sketches and ad libs with accustomed abandon; Martha Raye all but knocking herself out in a jazzy production number; and, unintentionally, a chorus girl visibly stumbling ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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W.C. Fields
S.B. Bellows/T. Frothingill Bellows
Martha Raye
Martha Bellows
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Wyndham
Shirley Ross
Cleo Fielding
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