The Big Broadcast of 1937

The Big Broadcast of 1937

100 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Oct. 5, 1936

A cream-of-the-crop gathering of 1930's radio stars, who lend themselves to a storyline about a failing radio station which needs to put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation. An interesting mixture of the stars whose fame continued to grow, those who became bit players in show business history, and those who have been forgotten entirely, except at the Internet Movie Database of course!

The Big Broadcast of 1937

100 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Oct. 5, 1936

The Big Broadcast of 1937
A cream-of-the-crop gathering of 1930's radio stars, who lend themselves to a storyline about a failing radio station which needs to put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation. An interesting mixture of the stars whose fame continued to grow, those who became bit players in show business history, and those who have been forgotten entirely, except at the Internet Movie Database of course!
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Paramount
Original title The Big Broadcast of 1937
Directors Mitchell Leisen
Writers Francis Martin, Walter DeLeon

Cast

Jack Benny

as Jack Carson

George Burns

as Mr. Platt

Gracie Allen

as Mrs. Platt

Martha Raye

as Patsy

Shirley Ross

as Gwen Holmes

Ray Milland

as Bob Miller

Frank Forest

as Frank Rossman

Benny Fields

as Benny Fields

Sam Hearn

as Schlepperman

Stan Kavanaugh

as Kavvy

Benny Goodman

as Benny Goodman

Virginia Weidler

as Flowergirl

David Holt

as Trainbearer

Gene Krupa

as Band Drummer

Leopold Stokowski

as Leopold Stokowski

Billy Bletcher

as Property Man

Frank Jenks

as Trombone Player

Nora Cecil

as Home Economics Woman

Ellen Drew

as Telephone Girl

Jack Mulhall

as Clerk

Bob Burns

as Bob Black

Murray Alper

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Mitchell Leisen

as Man in Radio Station Hallway (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

as Sound Technician (uncredited)

Marjorie Reynolds

as Dancer (uncredited)