The Big Broadcast of 1937 88 years old

The Big Broadcast of 1937

A cream-of-the-crop gathering of 1930's radio stars, who lend themselves to a storyline about a failing radio station which needs to put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation. An interesting mixture of the stars whose fame continued to grow, those who became bit players in show business history, and those who have been forgotten entirely, except at the Internet Movie Database of course!

Credits

The Big Broadcast of 1937 Cast

Name Character
Ray Milland He was 29, 79 years old when he died as Bob Miller
Virginia Weidler She was 9, 41 years old when she died as Flowergirl
Ellen Drew She was 20, 88 years old when she died as Telephone Girl (as Terry Ray)
Marjorie Reynolds She was 19, 79 years old when she died as Dancer (uncredited)
Martha Raye She was 20, 78 years old when she died as Patsy
Murray Alper He was 32, 80 years old when he died as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe He was 28, 60 years old when he died as Sound Technician (uncredited)
Jack Benny He was 42, 80 years old when he died as Jack Carson
Gracie Allen She was 41, 69 years old when she died as Mrs. Platt
George Burns He was 40, 100 years old when he died as Mr. Platt
Frank Jenks He was 33, 59 years old when he died as Trombone Player
Benny Goodman He was 27, 77 years old when he died as Himself
David Holt He was 9, 76 years old when he died as Trainbearer
Mitchell Leisen He was 37, 74 years old when he died as Man in Radio Station Hallway (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher He was 42, 84 years old when he died as Property Man
Gene Krupa He was 27, 64 years old when he died as Himself
Sam Hearn as Schlepperman
Leopold Stokowski He was 54, 94 years old when he died as Leopold Stokowski
Jack Mulhall He was 48, 91 years old when he died as Clerk
Bob Burns He was 14, 67 years old when he died as Bob Black
Shirley Ross She was 23, 62 years old when she died as Gwen Holmes
Nora Cecil She was 58, 72 years old when she died as Home Economics Woman

The Big Broadcast of 1937 Crew

Name Department
Hans Dreier as Art Direction. He was 51 (81) years old when He died Art
Marlin Skiles as Original Music Composer. He was 29 (74) years old when He died Sound
Theodor Sparkuhl as Director of Photography. He was 41 (51) years old when He died Camera
Stuart Heisler as Editor. He was 41 (84) years old when He died Editing
Robert Usher as Art Direction. He was 35 (89) years old when He died Art
Mitchell Leisen as Director. He was 37 (74) years old when He died Directing
Walter DeLeon as Screenplay. He was 52 (63) years old when He died Writing
Francis Martin as Screenplay. He was 18 (232) years old when He died Writing
The Big Broadcast of 1937 poster
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (88 years)

  • Release day: Monday, October 05, 1936
  • Runtime: 100 minutes