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The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures musical comedy film starring W. C. Fields and featuring Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen , the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies .
Sep 11, 2021 · The S.S. Gigantic competes with the S.S. Colossal in a luxury liner race from New York to France. S.B. Bellows (W.C. Fields), the bumbling brother of the owner of the Gigantic, accidentally...
- 86 min
- 7.3K
- Public Domain Cinema
The Big Broadcast of 1938: Directed by Mitchell Leisen, James P. Hogan. With W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross. The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
- (1.1K)
- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Mitchell Leisen, James P. Hogan
- 1938-03-09
Buzz announces the ship's entertainment in radio broadcasts, while he and his three ex-wives, eager for their alimony, anticipate winning the race and $50,000. Grace, one of Buzz's ex-wives, diverts S. B.'s attentions from Bob while he fixes the engine.
- Mitchell Leisen, Edgar Anderson
- W. C. Fields
S.B. Bellows (W.C. Fields), the bumbling brother of the owner of the Gigantic, accidentally wrecks the sophisticated engine of his sibling's ship, built by brilliant engineer Bob Hayes (Leif ...
- (3)
- Mitch Leisen
- Musical, Comedy
- W.C. Fields
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In the 1938 edition of "The Big Broadcast" series, the plot involves a transatlantic race from New York City to Cherbourg, France between a new steamship, the S.S. Gigantic, and the S.S. Colossal. Radio M.C., Buzz Fielding (Bob Hope) is in jail because he cant pay alimony to his three former wives.
