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The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Jack Oakie, Alice Faye and John Payne. It was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox.
The Great American Broadcast: Directed by Archie Mayo. With Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Cesar Romero. After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Archie Mayo
- 1941-05-09
Brief Synopsis. After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.
Oct 1, 1997 · Hardcover – October 1, 1997. In an illustrated book-and-CD package, the film critic from Entertainment Tonight brings to life the golden age of radio, profiling its great actors and characters and offering behind-the-scenes anecdotes. 12,500 first printing.
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- 1997
- Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin
Nov 1, 2000 · The noted film critic brings to life the golden age of radio, profiling its great actors and characters--including Orson Wells, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, and others--and offering behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the radio soap operas, variety shows, comedies, thrillers, and westerns that transformed American life. Reprint.
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- Paperback
- Leonard Maltin
The plot of the story is one we've seen in at least a dozen films: boy steals friend's girl; friend and girl succeed big in some enterprise, boy, left out, becomes jealous and disappears; boy turns up just in time to observe girl's ultimate triumph.
Oct 5, 2020 · The great American broadcast : a celebration of radio's golden age. by. Maltin, Leonard. Publication date. 1997. Topics. Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History. Publisher. New York : Dutton.
