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The Big Broadcast of 1938|W.C. Fields

The Big Broadcast of 1938

W.C. Fields and Bob Hope
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Overview

The last of the Big Broadcast vaudeville extravaganzas highlights Hope's first feature appearance - singing his signature, Oscar-winning song, "Thanks for the Memories" - and Fields fumbling through a nonsensical farce about twin brothers racing yachts to France. A horde of radio stars makes their accustomed appearances.

Awards:
1938 - Academy Awards - Best Original Song - Winner

Main Cast & Crew:
W.C. Fields
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Martha Raye

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand, NTSC Format)
  • Run Time: 91
  • Color Format: B&W
  • UPC: 025192317675
  • Genre: COMEDIES
  • Rating: NR
  • Release Date: November 2015

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Synopsis:
In this fanciful musical comedy, a steamship owner who's participating in a transatlantic race is continually frustrated by his meddlesome brother.

Notes:
Bob Hope's feature film debut. "The Big Broadcast of 1938" is the fourth and final movie in a series of "Big Broadcast" films, including ones from 1932, 1936, and 1937 Additional cast: Lionel Pape, Dorothy Howe, Patricia Wilder, Shep Fields and His Ripping Rhythm Orchestra, Wilfred Pelletier, Conuctor of the Metropolitan Opera Company.

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