The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938
Promotional poster for release of The Big Broadcast of 1938
Directed by	Mitchell Leisen
Produced by	Harlan Thompson
Written by	Frederick Hazlitt Brennan Russel Crouse Walter DeLeon Ken Englund Howard Lindsay Francis Martin
Starring	W.C. Fields Martha Raye Dorothy Lamour Shirley Ross Lynne Overman Ben Blue Bob Hope Leif Erickson Kirsten Flagstad
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	February 11, 1938
Country	USA
Language	English

The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures film featuring W.C. Fields and Bob Hope.^[1] Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies. This film featured the debut of Hope's signature song, Thanks for the Memory, which his character sings as a duet with Shirley Ross accompanied by Shep Fields and his orchestra.

[edit] History

The movie had many other stars of the era, a wide variety of acts ranging from the comedy of Fields and Hope to a powerful performance of Ride of the Valkyries by Metropolitan Opera singer Kirsten Flagstad in full Brunhilde armor and horned helmet. The film was the final one under Fields' long-running Paramount contract, before he moved to Universal Studios to make his final series of feature films. On 13 May 2008, the New York Times reviewed a new DVD box set of Leisen titles, released by Universal, including Big Broadcast of 1938.

[edit] Cast

• W.C. Fields as T. Frothingill Bellows
• Martha Raye as Martha Bellows
• Dorothy Lamour as Dorothy Wyndham
• Shirley Ross as Cleo Fielding
• Lynne Overman as Scoop McPhail
• Bob Hope as Buzz Fielding
• Ben Blue as Mike
• Leif Erickson as Bob Hayes
• Kirsten Flagstad as Herself
• Shep Fields as Himself
• John Serry, Sr. as Himself

[edit] Films in series

• The Big Broadcast (1932)
• The Big Broadcast of 1936
• The Big Broadcast of 1937

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Big Broadcast of 1938 at the Internet Movie Database.

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