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The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Jack Oakie, Alice Faye and John Payne. It was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Oct 5, 2020 · The great American broadcast : a celebration of radio's golden age. by. Maltin, Leonard. Publication date. 1997. Topics. Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History. Publisher. New York : Dutton.
The Great American Broadcast: Directed by Archie Mayo. With Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Cesar Romero. After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Archie Mayo
- 1941-05-09
The Great American Broadcast ★★★ 1941. Two WWI vets want more than anything to strike it rich. After many failed endeavors, the two try that new-fangled thing called radio. The station takes off, as does the plot.
"Leonard Maltin, one of America's leading authorities on film and an ardent radio buff, takes us along for a fascinating oral history of radio's golden age from its beginnings through its...
- Leonard Maltin
- Dutton, 1997
- 0525941835, 9780525941835
After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.
Oct 1, 1997 · This period, from the early 1920s to the mid-1950s, truly was the ``golden age'' of radio. Film authority Maltin, a regular on Entertainment Tonight, has a sharp eye for telling details, revealing anecdotes--and is never in such a hurry he can't stop for an amusing digression or aside.
- Leonard Maltin
