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The Big Broadcast is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Frank Tuttle released in USA on 14 october 1932 with Bing Crosby

The Big Broadcast (1932)

The Big Broadcast
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Released in USA 14 october 1932
Length 1h20
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Musical,    Romance
Rating65% 3.290323.290323.290323.290323.29032

The Big Broadcast is a 1932 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Stuart Erwin, and Leila Hyams. Based on the play Wild Waves by William Ford Manley, the film is about a radio-singer who becomes a popular hit with audiences, but takes a casual approach to his career. A casual affair leads to his dismissal, but his career is saved by the station manager who buys the station and gives him his job back. The film co-stars George Burns and Gracie Allen in supporting roles. The Big Broadcast was produced by Paramount Pictures and was the first picture in a series of four Big Broadcast movies.

Synopsis

Radio-singer Bing Crosby is not very serious about his career. His chronic tardiness and his affair with the notorious Mona Lowe (Sharon Lynn) has become an issue at station WADX. After Mona cheats on him, the despondent singer meets Texas oil man Leslie McWhinney (Stuart Erwin), who has also been wronged by a woman.

Actors

Bing Crosby

(Bing Hornsby)
Stuart Erwin

(Leslie McWhinney)
Leila Hyams

(Anita Rogers)
George Burns

(George (as Burns and Allen))
George Barbier

(Clapsaddle)
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