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Movie
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Released: February 11, 1938 (1938)
Runtime: 94 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- W.C. Fields as T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
Age at release: 58
- Lynne Overman as Scoop McPhail
Age at release: 50
- Ben Blue as Mike
Age at release: 36
- Bob Hope as Buzz Fielding
Age at release: 34
- Rufe Davis as Turnkey
Age at release: 29
- Leif Erickson as Bob Hayes
Age at release: 26
- Shirley Ross as Cleo Fielding
Age at release: 25
- Patricia Wilder as Honey Chile
Age at release: 24
- Dorothy Lamour as Dorothy Wyndham
Age at release: 23
- Martha Raye as Martha Bellows
Age at release: 21
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- Lionel Pape as Lord Droopy
Age at release: 60
- Florence Wix as Woman (uncredited)
Age at release: 54
- Monte Blue as Passenger (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
- Gertrude Astor as Woman (uncredited)
Age at release: 50
- Mae Busch as Chaperone (uncredited)
Age at release: 46
- William H. O'Brien as Reporter (uncredited)
Age at release: 46
- Irving Bacon as Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
Age at release: 44
- Russell Hicks as Capt. Stafford
Age at release: 42
- Kirsten Flagstad as Specialty: of the Metropolitan Opera Company
Age at release: 42
- James Craig as Steward (uncredited)
Age at release: 26
- Grace Bradley as Grace Fielding
Age at release: 24
- Eleanor Keaton as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Age at release: 19
- Virginia Vale as Joan Fielding
Age at release: 17
- Wilfrid Pelletier as Specialty: Conductor of The Metropolitan Opera Company
Age at release: Unknown