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.

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The Big Broadcast of 1936 canonical 5
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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
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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Norman Taurog notableWork The Big Broadcast of 1936
Martha Raye notableWork The Big Broadcast of 1936
Stuart Erwin notableWork The Big Broadcast of 1936
Gracie Allen notableWork The Big Broadcast of 1936
Arthur Sheekman notableWork The Big Broadcast of 1936
Arthur Sheekman notableWork The Big Broadcast of 1936
this entity surface form: The Big Broadcast