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 |
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Ray Milland
He was 29, 79 years old when he died
|
as Bob Miller |
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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) |
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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 |
|
Benny Goodman
He was 27, 77 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
|
Frank Jenks
He was 33, 59 years old when he died
|
as Trombone Player |
|
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 |
|
Nora Cecil
She was 58, 72 years old when she died
|
as Home Economics Woman |
|
Sam Hearn
|
as Schlepperman |
|
Gene Krupa
He was 27, 64 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
|
Leopold Stokowski
He was 54, 94 years old when he died
|
as Leopold Stokowski |
|
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 |
|
Jack Mulhall
He was 48, 91 years old when he died
|
as Clerk |
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 |
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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 |
