The Big Broadcast of 1936
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The Big Broadcast of 1936 is a 1935 American musical comedy film featuring an ensemble cast of radio and musical stars, known for its variety-show format and early use of big-band performances on screen.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Broadcast of 1936 canonical | 5 |
| The Big Broadcast | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6262646 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Big Broadcast of 1936 Context triple: [Norman Taurog, notableWork, The Big Broadcast of 1936]
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A.
The Big Broadcast of 1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount musical comedy film best known for introducing the classic song "Thanks for the Memory," performed by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross.
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B.
The Great American Broadcast
The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
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C.
The Alcoa Hour
The Alcoa Hour was an American live television anthology drama series that aired on NBC in the 1950s, featuring original plays and adaptations sponsored by the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa).
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D.
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Mercury Theatre on the Air was a 1938 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles and John Houseman, best known for its innovative, cinematic adaptations of literary classics and the infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
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E.
Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows was a pioneering American live television variety and sketch comedy series from the early 1950s, renowned for its influential writing staff and starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Big Broadcast of 1936 Target entity description: The Big Broadcast of 1936 is a 1935 American musical comedy film featuring an ensemble cast of radio and musical stars, known for its variety-show format and early use of big-band performances on screen.
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A.
The Big Broadcast of 1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount musical comedy film best known for introducing the classic song "Thanks for the Memory," performed by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross.
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B.
The Great American Broadcast
The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
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C.
The Alcoa Hour
The Alcoa Hour was an American live television anthology drama series that aired on NBC in the 1950s, featuring original plays and adaptations sponsored by the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa).
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D.
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Mercury Theatre on the Air was a 1938 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles and John Houseman, best known for its innovative, cinematic adaptations of literary classics and the infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
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E.
Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows was a pioneering American live television variety and sketch comedy series from the early 1950s, renowned for its influential writing staff and starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Benjamin Glazer ⓘ |
| castMember |
Akim Tamiroff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amos 'n' Andy NERFINISHED ⓘ Benny Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Ruggles NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethel Merman NERFINISHED ⓘ George Barbier NERFINISHED ⓘ George Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ Gracie Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Wadsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Oakie NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyda Roberti NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Noble NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendy Barrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | George J. Folsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Norman Taurog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | James Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Gail Stanhope
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
J. P. Todhunter NERFINISHED ⓘ Smiley Goodwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Spud Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Paramount Studios, Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Big Broadcast of 1937 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Big Broadcast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ musical film ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | Big Broadcast film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Benny Goodman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ray Noble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
early use of big-band performances on screen
ⓘ
ensemble cast of radio and musical stars ⓘ variety-show format ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Adolph Zukor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benjamin Glazer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1935-09-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Francis Martin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howard J. Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Spence NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter DeLeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInEnvironment | radio broadcasting world ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Big Broadcast of 1936 Description of subject: The Big Broadcast of 1936 is a 1935 American musical comedy film featuring an ensemble cast of radio and musical stars, known for its variety-show format and early use of big-band performances on screen.
Referenced by (6)
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this entity surface form:
The Big Broadcast