Paramount Pictures: Feature Films: The Big Broadcast Of 1938

The Big Broadcast Of 1938

• Paramount Pictures

• Cartoon Characters:

   (Live-Action) T. Frothingill Bellows/S.B. Bellows, Martha Bellows, Dorothy Wyndham, Cleo Fielding, Scoop McPhail, Buzz Fielding, Mike, Bob Hayes, Honey Chile, Grace Fielding, Turnkey, Lord Harry Droopy, Joan Fielding, Captain Stafford, Kirsten Flagstad, Wilfred Pelletier (Conductor), Tito Guizar, Shep Fields, Haughty Girl, Rippling Rhythm Orchestra, Dancer, Prisoner with Harmonica, Showgirl, Bit Part, Radio Operator, Waltz Costume Extra, First Mate (S.S. Gigantic), Officer (S.S. Gigantic), Dress Extra, Helmsman, Sailor, Divorcee, Pilot, Bar Patron, Chauffeur, Ivan, Seaman, Court Clerk, Man Wearing Turban, Robert Mitchell, Steward, Officers, Hesperus' Sailors, Gas Station Men, Caddies, Reporters, Women, Girls.

• Directed By

   Mitchell Leisen.

• Produced By

   Harlan Thompson.

• Animated By

   Leon Schlesinger (Producer, Animated Sequence).

• Written By

   Walter DeLeon, Ken Englund, Francis Martin; Frederick Hazlitt Brennan (Story); Russel Crouse, Howard Lindsay (Adaptation).

• Awards:

   Academy Award Winner, Best Music, Song, Ralph Rainger (Music), Leo Robin (Lyrics), For the Song "Thanks for the Memory," 1940.
  ASCAP Film and Television Award, Most Performed Feature Film Standards, Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin, For the Song "Thanks for the Memory," 1989.

• Originally Released on February 11, 1938.

• Originally Released Theatrically.

• Running Time:

   94 minutes.

• Black & White

• U.S.A.

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Cartoon Summary:

The final installment of the hit "Big Broadcast" series stars W.C. Fields as an ocean liner owner who pits his ship against another vessel in a high-speed...  (more)

Cartoon Production Information:

Live action with animated sequence produced by Leon Schlesinger. In the animated sequence, a cartoon drop of water refuses to go back into the ocean. Instead, it breaks free and dances around the...  (more)