The Big Broadcast (1932)

19321h 36mdir. Frank TuttleUnited Statesmusical film

With Bing Crosby, Stuart Erwin, Eddie Lang, Leila Hyams, Sharon Lynn, George Burns, Gracie Allen, George Barbier

Directed by Frank Tuttle

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The Big Broadcast is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Stuart Erwin, and Leila Hyams. Based on the play Wild Waves by William Ford Manley, the film is about a radio-singer who becomes a popular hit with audiences, but takes a disrespectful approach to his career. His repeated latenesses leads to the bankruptcy of the radio station, but his career is saved by a new friend who buys the station and gives him his job back.

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