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Paramount Pictures presents

The Big Broadcast of 1938

directed by Mitchell Leisen

“The finest array of entertainment ever offered!”

19381h 34mNRComedy

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Paramount Pictures presents

The Big Broadcast of 1938

directed by Mitchell Leisen

“The finest array of entertainment ever offered!”

19381h 34mNRComedy

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§ Synopsis

Comedy · Music · Romance

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

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Director

Mitchell Leisen

Screenplay

Cinematography

Harry Fischbeck

§ Cast

8 of 26

W.C. Fields

as T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. 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

Leif Erickson

§ Big Broadcast

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The Big Broadcast of 1937

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