Summary
The Big Broadcast of 1938 is an American comedy romance film first released in 1938,
directed by Mitchell Leisen.
The film stars W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross and Lynne Overman.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Mitchell Leisen
- Script: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Russel Crouse, Walter DeLeon, Ken Englund, Howard Lindsay, Francis Martin
- Photo: Harry Fischbeck
- Music: Gordon Jenkins, John Leipold, George Parrish
- 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), Rufe Davis (Turnkey), Lionel Pape (Lord Harry Droopy), Virginia Vale (Joan Fielding), Russell Hicks (Capt. Stafford), Kirsten Flagstad (Herself), Wilfrid Pelletier (Himself (conductor)), Tito Guízar (Himself), Shep Fields (Himself), Sheila Darcy (Haughty girl), Rippling Rhythm Orchestra (Themselves), Carol Adams (Dancer), Robert Allen (Gas station man #1), Rudolph Anders, Gertrude Astor (Woman), Irving Bacon (Prisoner with harmonica), Muriel Barr (Showgirl), Monte Blue (Bit part), Don Brodie (Radio Operator), Michael Brooke (Officer), James P. Burtis (Reporter #3), Mae Busch (Waltz costume extra), Ethel Clayton (Woman), Jimmy Conlin (Reporter #1), James Craig (First Mate, S.S. Gigantic), Nell Craig (Woman), Billy Daniel, Dorothy Dayton (Girl), Paula DeCardo (Girl), Richard Denning (Officer, S.S. Gigantic), Jack Dougherty, Yvonne Duval (Girl), Estelle Etterre (Dress extra), Jerry Fletcher (Gas station man #2), Nora Gale (Girl), Bud Geary (Helmsman), Gus Glassmire, Joe Gray (Sailor), Lorna Gray (Divorcee), Harriette Haddon (Girl), Sherry Hall (Reporter #2), Ray Hanford (Pilot), Carol Holloway (Woman), Shep Houghton (Bar patron), John Hubbard (Officer), John Huettner (Officer), Lola Jensen (Girl), Gwen Kenyon (Girl), Stanley King (Chauffeur), Leonid Kinskey (Ivan), Harry Lauter (Seaman), Mary MacLaren (Woman), Wally Maher (Court clerk), Don Marion (Caddy), Joyce Mathews (Girl), Lal Chand Mehra (Man wearing turban), Robert Mitchell (Himself), Helaine Moler (Girl), Rex Moore (Caddy), Clive Morgan (Officer), Paul Newlan (’Hesperus’ Sailor), Edgar Norton (Hesperus’ sailor), Bernard Punsly (Caddy), Suzanne Ridgeway (Girl), Bill Roberts (Officer), Alma Ross (Girl), Archie Twitchell (Steward), Marion Weldon (Girl), Dorothy White (Girl), Gloria Williams (Woman), Harry Wilson (Hesperus’ sailor), Florence Wix (Woman), Bruce Wyndham (Officer)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 94 min; B&W
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