The Big Broadcast of 1937
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Release date 1936 (1936) Writer Walter DeLeon (screenplay), Francis Martin (screenplay), Erwin S. Gelsey (story), Arthur Kober (story), Barry Trivers (story) Genres Comedy, Musical, Black-and-white, Musical comedy Cast (Jack Carson), (Mr. Platt), (Mrs. Platt), Bob Burns (Bob Black), (Patsy), (Gwen Holmes)Similar movies Related Mitchell Leisen movies |
Film clip bugle call rag benny goodman and his orchestra 1936 the big broadcast of 1937
The Big Broadcast of 1937 is a 1936 Paramount Pictures production directed by Mitchell Leisen, and is the third in the series of Big Broadcast movies. The musical comedy stars Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross, Ray Milland, Benny Fields, Frank Forest and the orchestra of Benny Goodman (featuring Gene Krupa). Uncredited roles include Jack Mulhall. The version shown in British cinemas also included clips featuring Richard Tauber and the Vienna Boys Choir, not in the original American version.
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- Film clip bugle call rag benny goodman and his orchestra 1936 the big broadcast of 1937
- Stokowski conducts bach in the big broadcast of 1937
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German animator Oskar Fischinger was hired to create an animation sequence in Technicolor. However, when Paramount changed the production to black-and-white only, Fischinger's original abstract animation design was changed to a hybrid animation and live-action sequence showing consumer products emanating from a broadcasting tower, to the song "Radio Dynamics" by Ralph Rainger.
It has yet to receive a DVD or VHS issue.
Stokowski conducts bach in the big broadcast of 1937
Cast
Reception
Leonard Maltin described it as an "almost unbearable musical", that "manages to waste the talent of its formidable cast", giving it 1½ out of 4 stars.
Films in series
References
The Big Broadcast of 1937 WikipediaThe Big Broadcast of 1937 IMDb The Big Broadcast of 1937 themoviedb.org