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The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures musical comedy film starring W. C. Fields and featuring Bob Hope. [3] Directed by Mitchell Leisen , the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies .
S.B. Bellows (W.C. Fields), the bumbling brother of the owner of the Gigantic, accidentally wrecks the sophisticated engine of his sibling's ship, built by brilliant engineer Bob Hayes (Leif ...
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- Mitch Leisen
- Musical, Comedy
- W.C. Fields
With the rejuvenated W.C. Fields at his inimitable best in a streamlined production which combines spectacle, melody and dance, Big Broadcast of 1938 is pictorially original and alluring.
The Big Broadcast of 1938: Directed by Mitchell Leisen, James P. Hogan. With W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross. The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Mitchell Leisen, James P. Hogan
- 1938-03-09
Directed by Mitchell Leisen. The finest array of entertainment ever offered! The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
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- Paramount Pictures
- Mitchell Leisen
Brief Synopsis. A radio announcer tries to juggle musical acts and his ex-wives while broadcasting from an ocean liner.
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SYNOPSIS: A race between two ocean liners provides an excuse for a number of variety acts. NOTES: Academy Award for Best Song: "Thanks for the Memory". The last of The Big Broadcast films. The others: The Big Broadcast (1932), The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935), and The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936).