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The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Jack Oakie, Alice Faye and John Payne.^[1] It was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

Plot

Impoverished roommates Rix Martin and Chuck Hadley have dreams of being the first to operate a coast-to-coast radio broadcast. They invest what little profit their small station makes into advanced equipment and finally get their wish when they bootleg the Jack Dempsey—Jess Willard 1919 heavyweight title fight from ringside.

Meanwhile, the station's band singer is surrounded by suitors—Payne, Oakie, and Chadwick, without whose money the station could not operate.

Cast

Alice Faye as Vicki Adams
John Payne as Rix Martin
Jack Oakie as Chuck Hadley
Cesar Romero as Bruce Chadwick
James Newill as Great American Broadcast Lead Singer
The Ink Spots as themselves: Bill Kenny, Deek Watson, Charlie Fuqua, and Orville "Hoppy" Jones
Bill Kenny as Song Specialty [member of The Ink Spots]
Orville "Hoppy" Jones as Song Specialty [member of The Ink Spots]
Charlie Fuqua as Song Specialty [member of The Ink Spots]
Deek Watson as Song Specialty [member of The Ink Spots]
The Nicholas Brothers as themselves: [Fayard and Harold Nicholas]
Fayard Nicholas as Railroad Station Dance Specialty [member of The Nicholas Brothers]
Harold Nicholas as Railroad Station Dance Specialty [member of The Nicholas Brothers]
The Wiere Brothers as themselves [Harry Wiere, Herbert Wiere & Sylvester Wiere]
Harry Wiere as Chapman's Cheerful Chappies & The Stradivarians [member of The Wiere Brothers]
Herbert Wiere as Chapman's Cheerful Chappies & The Stradivarians [member of The Wiere Brothers]
Sylvester Wiere as Chapman's Cheerful Chappies & The Stradivarians [member of The Wiere Brothers]
Mary Beth Hughes as Secretary
Eula Morgan as Madame Rinaldi
William Pawley as Foreman
Lucien Littlefield as Justice of the Peace
Edward Conrad as Conductor
Gary Breckner as Announcer
M.J. Frankovich [billed as Mike Frankovich] as Announcer
Frank Orth as Counter Man
Eddie Acuff as Jimmy
Mildred Gover as Jennie
Syd Saylor as Brakeman

Cameo appearances by:

Milton Berle as Radio Announcer [scenes deleted]
Jack Benny as Self [uncredited appearance in Opening Montage, taken from archive footage]
Eddie Cantor as Self [uncredited appearance in Opening Montage, taken from archive footage]
Kate Smith as Self [uncredited appearance in Opening Montage, taken from archive footage]
Rudy Vallee as Self [uncredited appearance in Opening Montage, taken from archive footage]
Paul Whiteman as Self [uncredited appearance in Opening Montage, taken from archive footage]
Walter Winchell as Self [uncredited appearance in Opening Montage, taken from archive footage]

References

^ "The Great American Broadcast – Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast – AllMovie". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2011-05-21.

Bibliography

Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.

External links

[1] "The Great American Broadcast – Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast – AllMovie". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2011-05-21.

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The Ink Spots
Bill Kenny Charlie Fuqua Deek Watson Hoppy Jones Jerry Daniels Bernie Mackey Cliff Givens Billy Bowen Huey Long Herb Kenny
Singles	"If I Didn't Care" "My Prayer" "Memories of You" "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You" "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" "Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)" "Maybe" "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" "Java Jive" "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" "I Can't Stand Losing You" "Cow Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay)" "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" "I'm Making Believe" "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" "I'm Beginning to See the Light" "The Gypsy" "Prisoner of Love" "To Each His Own" "The Best Things in Life Are Free" "You're Breaking My Heart" "Echoes" "If" "It Is No Secret" (Bill Kenny solo) "Trying" "Address Unknown"
Albums	If I Didn't Care (1979)
Related topics	The Great American Broadcast Pardon My Sarong The Brown Dots The Four Tunes The Bill Kenny Show