9.0
“The finest array of entertainment ever offered!”
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
February 11, 19381h 34mEN
6.4
23 votes
Overview
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
Director
Mitchell LeisenTop Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1.0M
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6.0This is a bit different from your usual year-end extravaganza, with far more of a story underpinning the potpourri of acts. It's all centred around a great transatlantic race between the modern-looking SS Gigantic and the more traditional looking champion - the SS Collossal. The owner of the former liner ('T.F.') plans to put his brother ('S.B.') - both played by W.C. Fields, onto the latter to cause a bit of mischief, but instead he and daughter 'Martha' (Martha Raye) end up on the wrong boat! Things could have proved even more disastrous had their entertainments man 'Buzz' (Bob Hope) not bee…
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