The Big Broadcast
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1932 | 87m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Frank Tuttle |
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| Writer: | George Marion Jr. |
| Staring: |
| The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 14, 1932 |
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| Director: | Frank Tuttle |
| Writer: | George Marion Jr. |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance, Music |
| Keywords | musical, romcom, pre-code, radio broadcast, musical revue |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,000,000
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bing Crosby | Bing Hornsby |
| George Burns | George |
| Gracie Allen | Gracie |
| Stuart Erwin | Leslie McWhinney |
| Leila Hyams | Anita Rogers |
| George Barbier | Clapsaddle |
| Sharon Lynn | Mona Lowe |
| Kate Smith | Kate Smith |
| Cab Calloway | Cab Calloway |
| Ralph Robertson | Announcer |
| Alex Melesh | Animal Man |
| Spec O'Donnell | Office Boy |
| Anna Chandler | Mrs. Cohen |
| Thomas Carrigan | Officer |
| Donald Mills | Donald Mills |
| Harry Mills | Harry Mills |
| Herbert Mills | Herbert Mills |
| John Mills | John Mills |
| Irving Bacon | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Connee Boswell | Connee Boswell |
| Martha Boswell | Martha Boswell |
| Vet Boswell | Vet Boswell |
| Leonid Kinskey | Ivan |
| Eddie Lang | Guitar Player |
| Vincent Lopez | Vincent Lopez |
| Edgar Norton | Secretary to Bellows |
| Donald Novis | Donald Novis |
| Dewey Robinson | Basso |
| Mary Stewart | Ingenue |
| Arthur Tracy | Street Singer |
| Jimmy Wallington | Radio Announcer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank Tuttle | Director |
| William Ford Manley | Theatre Play |
| Jack A. Goodrich | Sound |
| Ralph Rainger | Original Music Composer |
| George Marion Jr. | Screenplay |
| George J. Folsey | Director of Photography |
| John Leipold | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
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| Benjamin Glazer | Associate Producer |
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