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The Big Broadcast of 1936 is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, and is the second in the series of Big Broadcast movies. [1]
With Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Lyda Roberti. Spud Miller hopes to save his struggling radio station by winning a broadcast competition, with the help of the Radio Eye, an invention that can display live events from anywhere in the world.
- (350)
- Comedy, Musical
- Norman Taurog
- 1935-09-20
Jul 16, 2021 · Big Broadcast Of 1936 (1935) by Jack Oakie, Bing Crosby, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman, The Nicholas Brothers, Akim Tamiroff, Bill Robinson, Carlos Gardel
The Big Broadcast of 1936 stars Jack Oakie as Spud Miller, owner of second-rate, financially strapped station W.H.Y. He broadcasts love sonnets and sings ballads as Lochinvar, the Great Lover, though the singing is actually done by his sidekick, Smiley, played by Henry Wadsworth.
"The Big Broadcast of 1936" is a veritable hodge-podge of quickly done skits and routines with the premise that they're being brought to the viewer via a newly discovered invention called the 'radio eye'.
Dec 23, 2019 · Spud Miller hopes to save his struggling radio station by winning a broadcast competition, with the help of the Radio Eye, an invention that can display live events from anywhere in the world. Director: Norman Taurog.
Overview. 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. Norman Taurog. Director. Walter DeLeon. Screenplay. Francis Martin.
