USA, 1935
35mm film, black and white
mono (Western Electric Mirrorphonic Recording)
An American comedy musical film with some fantasy elements directed by Norman Taurog.
Plot Summary
A variety show is broadcast via “the Radio Eye,” a television system that can capture live events from anywhere in the world.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Norman Taurog
Copyright MCMXXXV [1935] by Paramount Productions, Inc.
Adolph Zukor presents a Paramount picture
Produced by: Benjamin Glazer
Screen Play by: Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin, Ralph Spence
Continuity: Jack Mintz
Photographed by: Leo Tover
Edited by: Ellsworth Hoagland
Music and Lyrics by: Ralph Rainger, Richard Whiting, Leo Robin, Dorothy Parker, Mack Gordon, Harry Revel, Ray Noble
Musical Direction: Nathaniel Finston
Sound Recording: E.P. Merritt [real name: Eugene Merritt], J.N. Cope [real name: John Cope]
Special Photographic Effects: Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart
Art Direction by: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher
Dance Ensembles Staged by: LeRoy Prinz
Cast
Jack Oakie (Spud)
George Burns (George)
Gracie Allen (Gracie)
Lyda Roberti (Countess Ysobel De Nargila)
Henry Wadsworth (Smiley)
Wendy Barrie (Sue)
C. Henry Gordon (Gordoni)
Akim Tamiroff (Boris)
The Nicholas Brothers (Dot and Dash)
Bing Crosby [himself] *
Ethel Merman [herself] *
Alternative Titles
1936年の大放送 – Japan
The Big Broadcast – Norway
Cazadores de estrellas – Uruguay
Ondas Musicais de 1936 – Brazil (re-release)
Ondas Sonoras de 1936 – Brazil
Radioparaden 1936 – Sweden
Den store radioudsendelse – Denmark
Symphonie burlesque – France
Wielka transmisja z 1936 roku – Poland
Links
See also
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
References
Periodicals
- Film Weekly vol.14 no.368 (1 November 1935) p.32
- Kinematograph Weekly no.1489 (31 October 1935
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.2 no.21 (October 1935) p.143
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.34
- Sound Films, 1927-1939: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.45
