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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.
The musical comedy starred Jack Oakie, Bing Crosby, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman, The Nicholas Brothers, Lyda Roberti, Wendy Barrie, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Akim Tamiroff, Amos 'n' Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and Argentine tango singer Carlos Gardel. The film featured an early appearance by Dorothy Dandridge (as one of the Dandridge Sisters). Glenn Miller appears as part of the Ray Noble Orchestra. In Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1974), George Thomas Simon noted that Glenn Miller was paid extra by Ray Noble "for working on The Big Broadcast of 1936, so that Glenn's total weekly pay" was $356. Uncredited roles include Jack Mulhall.
The screenplay was by Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin, Ralph Spence, and Julius J. Epstein, who was uncredited.
The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Dance Direction by LeRoy Prinz for "It's the Animal in Me".
Although the film has not been released on DVD or VHS, it is available on various video sharing websites.
Original Release
09/20/1935
US Release
09/20/1935
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Oakie | Spud Miller |
George Burns | George Burns / George |
Gracie Allen | Gracie Allen / Gracie |
Lyda Roberti | Countess Ysobel de Naigila |
Wendy Barrie | Sue |
Henry Wadsworth | Smiley / Smiley Goodwin |
C. Henry Gordon | Gordoni |
Benny Baker | Herman |
Bing Crosby | Bing |
Ethel Merman | Ethel Merman |
Directors
Writers
Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin, Ralph Spence, David Boehm, Julius J. Epstein, Mary Flannery, Grant Garett, Bert Hanlon, George Marion Jr., J.P. McEvoy, John P. Medbury, Paul Finder Moss, Henry Myers, S.J. Perelman, Harry Ruskin, Jane Storm, Eddie Welch
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Oakie | Spud Miller |
George Burns | George Burns / George |
Gracie Allen | Gracie Allen / Gracie |
Lyda Roberti | Countess Ysobel de Naigila |
Wendy Barrie | Sue |
Henry Wadsworth | Smiley / Smiley Goodwin |
C. Henry Gordon | Gordoni |
Benny Baker | Herman |
Bing Crosby | Bing |
Ethel Merman | Ethel Merman |
Mary Boland | Mrs. Sealingsworth |
Charles Ruggles | Wilbur Sealingsworth |
David Holt | Brother |
Virginia Weidler | Little Girl in Hospital |
Guy Standing | Doctor |
Gail Patrick | Nurse |
Bill Robinson | Specialty |
Ray Noble | Band Leader |
Ina Ray Hutton | Ina Ray Hutton |
Fayard Nicholas | Dot |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Henry Herzbrun | Executive Producer |
Benjamin Glazer | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1936 | Oscar | Best Dance Direction | Nominated |