The Big Broadcast of 1936

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Movie
Original title The Big Broadcast of 1936
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1935
length 97 minutes
Rod
Director Norman Taurog
script Walter DeLeon ,
Francis Martin ,
Ralph Spence ,
Julius J. Epstein (anonymous)
production Benjamin Glazer for
Paramount Pictures
music John Leipold
camera Leo Tover
cut Ellsworth Hoagland
occupation

The Big Broadcast of 1936 is an American film musical , which in 1935 by Norman Taurog was staged.

action

The two owners of radio station WHY , Spud Miller and Smiley Goodwin, are the only staff on their station and assume various roles. Miller is the only announcer, Goodwin gives the station's singer, whom he gives the legendary name Lochinvar . He is described as a great lover and an idol by millions of women. With the station on the verge of bankruptcy, George Burns and Gracie Allen’s offer to purchase an invitation to a radio competition comes in handy. The prize is a $ 250,000 Radio Eye (formerly the name for television) developed by Gracie Allen's uncle. But the $ 5,000 that must be raised to participate is missing. Further problems arise when Countess Ysobel, owner of the Caribbean island of Clementi and a big fan of Lochinvar , receives a letter from the latter.

Her joy only lasts for a short time when she realizes that she is not the only one who has received such a letter and that it is not a love letter. She comes to the radio station to shoot Lochinvar , but the gun doesn't work. Thus Miller and Goodwin can convince the Countess to invest $ 5,000 so that Miller can enter the competition. However, the condition is that both accompany her to her island, where she will decide which of the two should marry her at midnight. Meanwhile, however, she wants to murder Gordoni. When the two become aware of this, they send a 911 call to Burns and Allen in New York. They set off on a rescue operation. Meanwhile Gordoni gave the countess a sleeping pill. Miller and Goodwin escape and are rescued in the harbor by Burns and Allen, who came with the coast guard. Miller finally wins the competition and agrees to marry the Countess after a period of getting to know each other. However, this refuses and is limited to a friendship.

background

The Big Broadcast of 1936 is a sequel to The Big Broadcast from 1932 and is in turn continued by The Big Broadcast of 1937 and The Big Broadcast of 1938 . The star of the first film, Bing Crosby , can only be seen in one vocal number. George Burns and Gracie Allen also played in the first film. Various stars appear in the musical numbers. Glenn Miller performs as part of the Ray Noble Orchestra , for which he was paid extra by Ray Noble . In addition, Mary Boland , The Nicholas Brothers , Charles Ruggles , Akim Tamiroff and Dorothy Dandridge as part of the Dandridge Sisters to see. The Vienna Boys' Choir will perform in a broadcast . Scenes with Louis Da Pron , Frank Forest and Eleanore Whitney are only available in the version produced for Europe.

On the poster, the film was tagged A musical meteor of songs, comedy and romance! Applied.

Soundtrack

  • Double trouble
Music: Ralph Rainger , Richard A. Whiting
Text: Leo Robin
Performers: Lydia Roberti , Jack Oakie , Henry Wadsworth and a choir
  • I wished on the moon
Music: Ralph Rainger
Text: Dorothy Parker
Performers: Bing Crosby
Violin: George Stoll
  • It's the Animal in Me
Music: Harry Revel
Text: Mack Gordon
Performers: Ethel Merman
  • Why Dream
Music: Ralph Rainger and Richard A. Whiting
Text: Leo Robin
Artist: Henry Wadsworth (actually by Kenny Baker )
Music: Ralph Rainger and Richard A. Whiting
Text: Leo Robin
Dance: Bill Robinson and The Nicholas Brothers
  • Amargura
Music: Carlos Gardel
Text: Alfredo Le Pera
Artist: Carlos Gardel
  • Cheating Muchachita
Music: Carlos Gardel
Text: Alfredo Le Pera
Artist: Carlos Gardel
  • Why Stars Come Out at Night
Music and lyrics: Ray Noble
Performers: Ray Noble Orchestra with Glenn Miller
  • On the Wings of a Waltz
Music: Mel Shauer
Text: Leo Robin
  • A man, a maid, a moon
Music: Ralph Rainger
Text: Leo Robin
  • Is Love a Moon-Flower?
Music: Ralph Rainger
Text: Leo Robin
  • Through the Doorway of Dreams
Music: Ralph Rainger and Richard A. Whiting
Text: Leo Robin
  • Tales from the Vienna Woods
Music: Johann Strauss, Jr.
Music: Gioachino Rossini
Music: Franz von Suppè

Reviews

"Names are in and out as fast and as often as a firefly's tail light"

"Names pop up and down and disappear again as quickly as the tail of a firefly glows"

Award

The choreographer LeRoy Prinz was nominated for the first Oscar for best dance directing in 1936 for the number It's the Animal in Me, interpreted by Ethel Merman , and for his work on the film All the King's Horses , but lost to Dave Gould .

literature

  • John Walker: Halliwell's Film & Video Guide. 1998 Edition , HarperCollins, London 1997, ISBN 0-00-638868-X , p. 74

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