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The Big Broadcast of 1936   1935         N/R, 97 min. Genre: Musical Director: Norman Taurog   Cast: Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bing Crosby, Lyda Roberti, Wendy Barrie, Henry Wadsworth, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Ruggles, Ethel Merman, Samuel S. Hinds, C. Henry Gordon, Benny Baker, Guy Standing, Mary Boland   This second film in a series of "Big Broadcasts" uses a plot unfolding everyday occurrences at a radio station to showcase radio personalities on the big screen. The station's owner, Spud (Jack Oakie), performs as the announcer on his station's show. The station is on the verge of bankruptcy when George and Gracie (George Burns and Gracie Allen) sell Spud the "Radio Eye" that picks up events and televises them on a viewing screen. Among those captured performing on the "Radio Eye" are Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Amos "N" Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), and the Vienna Boys Choir Cast Jack Oakie Spud Miller George Burns George Gracie Allen Gracie Bing Crosby Himself Lyda Roberti Countes Ysobel de Niagila Wendy Barrie Sue Henry Wadsworth Smiley Akim Tamiroff Boris Charles Ruggles Wilbur Sealingsworth Ethel Merman Herself Samuel S. Hinds Captain C. Henry Gordon Gordoni Benny Baker Herman Guy Standing Doctor Mary Boland Mrs. Sealingsworth