The Big Broadcast of 1938

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The Big Broadcast of 1938

Promotional poster for release of
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Produced by Harlan Thompson
Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Russel Crouse
Walter DeLeon
Ken Englund
Howard Lindsay
Francis Martin
Starring W.C. Fields
Martha Raye
Dorothy Lamour
Shirley Ross
Lynne Overman
Bob Hope
Ben Blue
Leif Erickson
Kirsten Flagstad
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) February 11, 1938
Country USA
Language English
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The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures film directed by Mitchell Leisen and the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies. This film featured the debut of Bob Hope's signature song, Thanks for the Memory, which his character sings as a duet with Shirley Ross accompanied by Shep Fields and his orchestra.

The film had many other stars of the era, a wide variety of acts ranging from the comedy of W. C. Fields to a powerful performance of Ride of the Valkyries by Metropolitan Opera singer Kirsten Flagstad in full Brunhilde armor and horned helmet. The film was the final one under Fields' long-running Paramount contract, before he moved to Universal Studios to make his final series of feature films. On 13 May 2008, the New York Times reviewed a new DVD box set of Leisen titles, released by Universal, including Big Broadcast of 1938.

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