--- title: 'The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)' type: 'film' director: 'Mitchell Leisen' released: '1938-01-01' runtime_minutes: 91 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Music' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-big-broadcast-of-1938-1938' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029912/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) 1938 · 91 min · Comedy, Music · United States ## Synopsis The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures musical comedy film starring W. C. Fields and featuring Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies. This film featured the debut of Hope's signature song, "Thanks for the Memory" by Ralph Rainger. ## Credits - **Director:** [Mitchell Leisen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-leisen) - **Screenplay:** [Frederick Hazlitt Brennan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-hazlitt-brennan) - **Original Music Composer:** [Boris Morros](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-morros) - **Producer:** [Harlan Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harlan-thompson) - **Director of Photography:** [Harry Fischbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-fischbeck) - **Editor:** [Chandler House](https://cinepixo.com/people/chandler-house) ## Cast - [Leif Erickson](https://cinepixo.com/people/leif-erickson) - [W. C. Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-c-fields) - [Ben Blue](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-blue) - [Grace Bradley](https://cinepixo.com/people/grace-bradley) - [Russell Hicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hicks) - [Mae Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-busch) - [Bob Hope](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-hope) - [Martha Raye](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-raye) - [Virginia Vale](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-vale) - [Dorothy Lamour](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-lamour) - [Rufe Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/rufe-davis) - [Lionel Pape](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-pape) - [Lynne Overman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynne-overman) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-big-broadcast-of-1938-1938 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1724620); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.