The Big Broadcast of 1937 (Movie)
1936 / Director: Mitchell Leisen / Avg Rating: 5 out of 10
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!
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Jack Benny...J. Davis Bowster
George Burns...George Hymen
Gracie Allen...Calliope Dove
Martha Raye...Daisy SchloggenheimerNora Cecil...Miss Elkins (uncredited)
Ellen Drew...Dancer on Train
Marjorie Reynolds...Dancer - Rhythm on the Range (1936) (Movie) (5)
Martha Raye...Emma
Billy Bletcher...Buck's Friend
Ellen Drew...Party Guest
Dennis O'Keefe...Sidewalk Heckler
Bob Burns...Buck - College Humor (1933) (Movie) (4)
George Burns...George
Gracie Allen...Gracie
Frank Jenks...Orchestra Leader
Marjorie Reynolds...Student - Many Happy Returns (1934) (Movie) (4)
Gracie Allen...Gracie Allen
George Burns...George Burns
Ray Milland...Ted Lambert
Jack Mulhall...Movie Actor - The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) (Movie) (4)
George Burns...George
Gracie Allen...Gracie
David Holt...Brother
Virginia Weidler...Little Girl in Hospital - Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) (Movie) (3)
Jack Benny...Jack Benny
Ellen Drew...Joan Cameron
Billy Bletcher...Last Porter
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Frank Forest...Karl LieberlichNora Cecil...Train Passenger
Dennis O'Keefe...Dance Extra at Blue Danube Room
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George Burns...George Jonas
Gracie Allen...Gracie Alden
Martha Raye...Mabel Grady
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Ray Milland...John Ball Jr.Nora Cecil...Miss Swerf
Dennis O'Keefe...Office Manager (uncredited)
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Jack Benny...Calvin Churchill
Dennis O'Keefe...Announcer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Shirley Ross...Cigar Stand Clerk (uncredited) - Men with Wings (1938) (Movie) (3)
Ray Milland...Scott Barnes
Virginia Weidler...Young Peggy Ranson
Billy Bletcher...Red Cross Man
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Ray Milland...Joe
Marjorie Reynolds...Marjorie Reynolds
Ellen Drew...Ellen Drew (uncredited)
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Jack Benny...Himself
George Burns...Himself
Gracie Allen...Herself
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Frank Jenks...Smiley Jackson
Benny Goodman...Benny Goodman
Gene Krupa...Gene Krupa - The Old-Fashioned Way (1934) (Movie) (3)
Nora Cecil...Mrs. Wendelschaffer
Jack Mulhall...Dick Bronson
Billy Bletcher...Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
- Tropic Holiday (1938) (Movie) (3)
Bob Burns...Breck Jones
Ray Milland...Ken Warren
Martha Raye...Midge Miller
- Waikiki Wedding (1937) (Movie) (3)
Bob Burns...Shad Buggle
Martha Raye...Myrtle Finch
Shirley Ross...Georgia Smith
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George Burns...George Martin
Gracie Allen...Gracie Martin
Ray Milland...Michael Stofani
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George Burns...
Gracie Allen...
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Jack Mulhall...Horace Lander
Dennis O'Keefe...Baker-Co-Pilot
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George Burns...George
Gracie Allen...Gracie
- Age of Indiscretion (1935) (Movie) (2)
David Holt...William Anthony "Bill" Lenhart
Shirley Ross...Dotty
- Alias the Deacon (1940) (Movie) (2)
Bob Burns...Deke Caswell
Dennis O'Keefe...Johnny Sloan
- Allen in Movieland (1955) (Movie) (2)
Benny Goodman...Self
Gene Krupa...Self
- Arise, My Love (1940) (Movie) (2)
Ray Milland...Tom Martin
Dennis O'Keefe...Joe 'Shep' Shepard
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Jack Benny...Mac Brewster
Martha Raye...Martha Raye
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Nora Cecil...Female Police Officer
Frank Jenks...Dance Hall Patron
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Ray Milland...John Geste
David Holt...Augustus Brandon (as a Child)
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Jack Mulhall...Casey
Dennis O'Keefe...Reception Guest (Uncredited)
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Virginia Weidler...Helen Schlesinger
Billy Bletcher...Waxer
- Bing Crosby: Rediscovered (2014) (Movie) (2)
Martha Raye...
Marjorie Reynolds...
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Murray Alper...Bellhop
Jack Mulhall...Bartender - Blonde Venus (1932) (Movie) (2)
Dennis O'Keefe...Minor Role (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe...
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Shirley Ross...Sally SheaNora Cecil...Leader of Committee (uncredited)
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Jack Benny...(archive footage)
Benny Goodman...(archive footage)
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Ellen Drew...Radio Station Receptionist
Murray Alper...Concessionaire
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Dennis O'Keefe...Department Store Doorman
Frank Jenks...Orchestra Leader
- Corvette K-225 (1943) (Movie) (2)
Murray Alper...Jones
Jack Mulhall...Officer
- Dancing Pirate (1936) (Movie) (2)
Nora Cecil...Landlady (uncredited)
Marjorie Reynolds...Dancer (uncredited)
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Ellen Drew...Secretary
Shirley Ross...Herself / Singer on Recording (voice)
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Nora Cecil...Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
Bob Burns...Alabam
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Frank Jenks...Mike the Cop
Jack Mulhall...Terry
- Fit to be Tied (1930) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...A Tie Customer
Gracie Allen...Miss Allen, a Salesgirl
- French Without Tears (1940) (Movie) (2)
Ray Milland...Alan Howard
Ellen Drew...Diana Lake
- Fury (1936) (Movie) (2)
Nora Cecil...Albert's Mother (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe...Reporter (uncredited)
- Here Comes Cookie (1935) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...George
Gracie Allen...Gracie Allen
- Hideaway Girl (1936) (Movie) (2)
Shirley Ross...Toni Ainsworth
Martha Raye...Helen Flint
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Frank Jenks...Marine in Civvies
Murray Alper...Ice Cream Truck Driver
- Hollywood Boulevard (1936) (Movie) (2)
Jack Mulhall...Jack Mulhall - Actor at Trocadero Bar
Ellen Drew...Terry Ray - Casting Office Secretary (uncredited)
- Hollywood Hotel (1937) (Movie) (2)
Benny Goodman...Leader of His Orchestra
Gene Krupa...Benny Goodman Drummer (uncredited)
- Honolulu (1939) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...Joe Duffy
Gracie Allen...Millicent 'Millie' De Grasse
- International House (1933) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...Doctor Burns
Gracie Allen...Nurse Allen
- It's a Wonderful World (1939) (Movie) (2)
Murray Alper...Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall...Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)
- Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992) (Movie) (2)
Jack Benny...Himself
George Burns...Himself
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939) (Movie) (2)
Jack Mulhall...Policeman
David Holt...Fred
- Lady Be Careful (1936) (Movie) (2)
Murray Alper...Mattie
Ellen Drew...Girl in Sailboat
- Lambchops (1929) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...George the boyfriend
Gracie Allen...Gracie the girlfriend
- Las Vegas Shakedown (1955) (Movie) (2)
Dennis O'Keefe...Joe Barnes
Murray Alper...
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George Burns...George
Gracie Allen...Gracie
- Libeled Lady (1936) (Movie) (2)
Jack Mulhall...Barker (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe...Barker at Charity Affair (uncredited)
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Frank Jenks...Joe Cannon
Virginia Weidler...Jake O'Toole
- Love in Bloom (1935) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...George
Gracie Allen...Gracie Downey
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Murray Alper...Orchestra LeaderNora Cecil...Women's Club President
- Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) (Movie) (2)
Ellen Drew...Usherette (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe...Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Men Without Names (1935) (Movie) (2)
David Holt...David Sherwood
Jack Mulhall...Reporter
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Ray Milland...Stephen Neale
Marjorie Reynolds...Carla Hilfe
- Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948) (Movie) (2)
Mitchell Leisen...Himself
Ray Milland...Himself - Mountain Music (1937) (Movie) (2)
Martha Raye...Mary Beamish
Bob Burns...Bob Burnside
- Murder at the Vanities (1934) (Movie) (2)
Dennis O'Keefe...Chorus Boy (Uncredited)
Mitchell Leisen...Orchestra Leader (Uncredited)
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Ellen Drew...Teresa 'Terry' Kyser
Murray Alper...Kay's 1st Taxi Driver
- Obliging Young Lady (1942) (Movie) (2)
Murray Alper...Pickup Driver with Red (uncredited)Nora Cecil...Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
- Oh, My Operation (1931) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...
Gracie Allen...
- Once Over, Light (1931) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...
Gracie Allen...
- One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) (Movie) (2)
Leopold Stokowski...Leopold Stokowski
Frank Jenks...Taxi Driver - One-Horse Farmers (1934) (Movie) (2)
Billy Bletcher...Subway Passenger (uncredited)Nora Cecil...Subway Passenger (uncredited)
- Pulling a Bone (1931) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...Man with Bone
Gracie Allen...Gracie
- Reaching for the Moon (1930) (Movie) (2)
Jack Mulhall...Jimmy Carrington
Dennis O'Keefe...Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
- San Francisco (1936) (Movie) (2)
Shirley Ross...Trixie
Dennis O'Keefe...New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)
- Scandal Street (1938) (Movie) (2)
Virginia Weidler...Wilma 'Willie' Murphy
Ellen Drew...(uncredited)
- Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) (Movie) (2)
Jack Mulhall...Jimmie Doyle
Billy Bletcher...Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
- Show-Business at War (1943) (Movie) (2)
Jack Benny...Self
Martha Raye...Self
- Six of a Kind (1934) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...George Edward
Gracie Allen...Gracie Devore
- Sky Liner (1949) (Movie) (2)
David Holt...Buford
Jack Mulhall...Col. Hanson
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Jack Benny...Self (archive footage)
George Burns...Self (archive footage)
- Some Like It Hot (1939) (Movie) (2)
Shirley Ross...Lily Racquel
Gene Krupa...Gene Krupa
- Strike Me Pink (1936) (Movie) (2)
Jack Mulhall...Stagedoor Johnny (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe...Club Lido Patron (uncredited)
- Swing Shift Maisie (1943) (Movie) (2)
Billy Bletcher...Workman (Uncredited)
Jack Mulhall...Doctor (Uncredited)
- The Accusing Finger (1936) (Movie) (2)
Ellen Drew...Wife
Dennis O'Keefe...Reporter
- The Antique Shop (1931) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...
Gracie Allen...
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George Burns...
Gracie Allen...
- The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998) (Movie) (2)
Jack Benny...
George Burns...
- The Big Broadcast (1932) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...George (as Burns and Allen)
Gracie Allen...Gracie (as Burns and Allen)
- The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) (Movie) (2)
Martha Raye...Martha Bellows
Shirley Ross...Cleo Fielding
- The Chaser (1938) (Movie) (2)
Dennis O'Keefe...Tom Brandon
Jack Mulhall...Joe
- The Gilded Lily (1935) (Movie) (2)
Ray Milland...Charles Gray
Dennis O'Keefe...Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
- The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) (Movie) (2)
Gracie Allen...Gracie Allen
Ellen Drew...Ann Wilson
- The Great Man Votes (1939) (Movie) (2)
Virginia Weidler...Joan
Murray Alper...Tri-County Distribution Truck Driver
- The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) (Movie) (2)
Jack Benny...Athanael
Murray Alper...Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited)
- The Human Comedy (1943) (Movie) (2)
David Holt...Hubert Ackley III (uncredited)
Frank Jenks...Larry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)
- The Jazz Singer (1953) (Movie) (2)
Murray Alper...Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Murray Alper...Taxi Driver
- The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970) (Movie) (2)
Jack Benny...Himself (voice)
George Burns...Himself (voice)
- The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945) (Movie) (2)
Jack Mulhall...Lt. Walsh
Frank Jenks...Egbert Egelhofer, aka Romeo
- The She-Creature (1956) (Movie) (2)
Frank Jenks...Plainclothes Sgt. with Lt James
Jack Mulhall...Lombardi's Lawyer
- The Shining Future (1944) (Movie) (2)
Benny Goodman...Self
Gene Krupa...Self
- The Storm (1938) (Movie) (2)
Frank Jenks...Peter Carey
Jack Mulhall...Harry Blake
- The Under-Pup (1939) (Movie) (2)
Virginia Weidler...Janet Cooper
Frank Jenks...Uncle Dan
- This Is Bob Hope... (2017) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...Himself (archive footage)
Gracie Allen...Herself (archive footage)
- Three Smart Girls (1936) (Movie) (2)
Ray Milland...Lord Michael Stuart
Dennis O'Keefe...Nightclub Extra
- Top of the Town (1937) (Movie) (2)
Dennis O'Keefe...Frank
Marjorie Reynolds...Dancer
- Turn to the Right (1922) (Movie) (2)
Jack Mulhall...Joe Bascom
Billy Bletcher...Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
- Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) (Movie) (2)
Gracie Allen...Gracie Allen - Concerto Number
Frank Jenks...Dick Deyo
- Unexpected Father (1939) (Movie) (2)
Shirley Ross...Dianna Donovan
Dennis O'Keefe...Jimmy Hanley
- Up in Mabel's Room (1944) (Movie) (2)
Dennis O'Keefe...Boris
Marjorie Reynolds...Geraldine Ainsworth
- Walking the Baby (1933) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...
Gracie Allen...
- Wings Over Honolulu (1937) (Movie) (2)
Ray Milland...Richard "Stony" Gilchrist
Jack Mulhall...Officer
- Without Reservations (1946) (Movie) (2)
Jack Benny...Jack Benny (uncredited)
Jack Benny...Himself (uncredited)
- Woman on the Run (1950) (Movie) (2)
Dennis O'Keefe...Dan Legget
Frank Jenks...Detective Homer Shaw
- You and Me (1938) (Movie) (2)
Ellen Drew...Cashier (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall...First Floorwalker (uncredited)
- Your Hat (1932) (Movie) (2)
George Burns...
Gracie Allen...
