THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1936.

Radio station W.H.Y. owner Spud Miller (Jack Oakie), also functions as the station's only announcer while his comic partner Smiley Goodwin (Henry Wadsworth) serves as the house singer, Lochinvar, The Great Lover, "the idol of millions of women" Spud decides to enter an international broadcast competition with a prize of $250,000. George Burns and Gracie Allen attempt to sell an invention, The Radio Eye, a television device which can pick up and transmit any signal.

Credits

Cast
George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman
Complete catalog record
THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1936. Presented by Adolph Zukor. 1935. 10 reels. Credits: Producer, Benjamin Glazer; director, Norman Taurog; screenplay, Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin, Ralph Spence; continuity, Jack Mintz; editor, Ellsworth Hoagland; music and lyrics, Ralph Rainger, Richard Whiting, Leo Robin, and others. Paramount Productions, Inc.; 26Sep35; LP5815.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q1279080 ↗ — color, country