The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

94 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Feb. 11, 1938

The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.

The Big Broadcast of 1938

94 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Feb. 11, 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Paramount
Original title The Big Broadcast of 1938
Directors Mitchell Leisen
Writers Russel Crouse, Francis Martin, Walter DeLeon, Howard Lindsay, Ken Englund, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan

Cast

W.C. Fields

as T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows

Martha Raye

as Martha Bellows

Dorothy Lamour

as Dorothy Wyndham

Bob Hope

as Buzz Fielding

Shirley Ross

as Cleo Fielding

Lynne Overman

as Scoop McPhail

Ben Blue

as Mike

Leif Erickson

as Bob Hayes

Rufe Davis

as Turnkey

Patricia Wilder

as Honey Chile

Grace Bradley

as Grace Fielding

Lionel Pape

as Lord Droopy

Virginia Vale

as Joan Fielding

Russell Hicks

as Capt. Stafford

Kirsten Flagstad

as Specialty: of the Metropolitan Opera Company

Wilfrid Pelletier

as Specialty: Conductor of The Metropolitan Opera Company

Gertrude Astor

as Woman (uncredited)

Monte Blue

as Passenger (uncredited)

Mae Busch

as Chaperone (uncredited)

James Craig

as Steward (uncredited)

Eleanor Keaton

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

as Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Reporter (uncredited)

Florence Wix

as Woman (uncredited)