Big Broadcast Collection

Number of Movies: 4

Overview

A series of films produced by Paramount Pictures in the 1930s as a showcase for the film and radio stars of the day.

Featured Cast

W.C. Fields

T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows

Martha Raye

Martha Bellows

Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Wyndham

Bob Hope

Buzz Fielding

Shirley Ross

Cleo Fielding

Lynne Overman

Scoop McPhail

Leif Erickson

Bob Hayes

Rufe Davis

Turnkey

Patricia Wilder

Honey Chile

Grace Bradley

Grace Fielding

Lionel Pape

Lord Droopy

4 Movies

The Big Broadcast

October 14, 1932

The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.

The Big Broadcast of 1936

September 20, 1935

Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of George and Gracie, who've just invented a television device that can pick up and transmit any signal, any time, anywhere.

The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.

The Big Broadcast of 1938

February 11, 1938

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

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