The Big Broadcast of 1938
- The Big Broadcast of 1938
Infobox Film
name = The Big Broadcast of 1938
caption = Promotional poster for release of
"The Big Broadcast of 1938"
director = Mitchell Leisen
producer = Harlan Thompson
writer = Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Russel Crouse
Walter DeLeon
Ken Englund
Howard Lindsay
Francis Martin
starring = W.C. Fields
Martha Raye
Dorothy Lamour
Shirley Ross
Lynne Overman
Ben Blue
Bob Hope
Leif Erickson
Kirsten Flagstad
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = February 11, 1938
country = USA
language = English
imdb_id = 0029912
amg_id = 1:84955
"The Big Broadcast of 1938" is a Paramount Pictures film featuring W.C. Fields and Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of "Big Broadcast" movies that were variety show anthologies. This film featured the debut of Hope's signature song, "Thanks for the Memory", which his character sings as a duet with Shirley Ross accompanied by Shep Fields and his orchestra.
The movie had many other stars of the era, a wide variety of acts ranging from the comedy of Fields and Hope to a powerful performance of "Ride of the Valkyries" by Metropolitan Opera singer Kirsten Flagstad in full Brunhilde armor and horned helmet. The film was the final one under Fields' long-running Paramount contract, before he moved to Universal Studios to make his final series of feature films. On 13 May 2008, the "New York Times" reviewed a new DVD box set of Leisen titles, released by Universal, including "Big Broadcast of 1938".
Cast
*W.C. Fields as T. Frothingill Bellows
*Martha Raye as Martha Bellows
*Dorothy Lamour as Dorothy Wyndham
*Shirley Ross as Cleo Fielding
*Lynne Overman as Scoop McPhail
*Bob Hope as Buzz Fielding
*Ben Blue as Mike
*Leif Erickson as Bob Hayes
*Kirsten Flagstad as Herself
*Shep Fields as Himself
*John Serry, Sr. as Himself
Films in series
*"The Big Broadcast" (1932)
*"The Big Broadcast of 1936"
*"The Big Broadcast of 1937"
References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029912/ "The Big Broadcast of 1938" at the Internet Movie Database] .
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