The Big Broadcast of 1937
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The Big Broadcast of 1937 is a 1936 musical comedy film featuring Gracie Allen and other popular radio and vaudeville stars in a revue-style story built around a struggling radio station.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Big Broadcast of 1937 canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by F. Hugh Herbert ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Leo Tover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Mitchell Leisen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Paul Weatherwax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1930s American cinema ⓘ |
| featuresPerformer |
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
NERFINISHED
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Fats Waller NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Raye NERFINISHED ⓘ Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Big Broadcast of 1938 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Big Broadcast of 1936 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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musical comedy ⓘ musical film ⓘ |
| hasRevueStructure | true ⓘ |
| includesSong |
If I Had a Million Dollars
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You Came to My Rescue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Big Broadcast film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A struggling radio station stages a star-studded broadcast to save itself from financial ruin. ⓘ |
| producer |
Adolph Zukor
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Benjamin Glazer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1936-10-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
F. Hugh Herbert
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Francis Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter DeLeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | radio station ⓘ |
| stars |
Benny Goodman
NERFINISHED
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George Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ Gracie Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Benny NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopold Stokowski NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Milland NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Big Broadcast of 1937 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.