Video: 'The Big Broadcast of 1938 W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour'

(Friday, February 18, 1938) — The Big Broadcast of 1938, a musical film about a radio announcer who tries to juggle musical acts and his ex-wives while broadcasting from an ocean liner, was released today in the U.S. (it opened in New York City on Mar. 9, 1938).

Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film starred W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross, Lynne Overman, Ben Blue, Bob Hope, Leif Erickson and Kirsten Flagstad.

Video: 'Bob Hope Thanks for the Memory Big Broadcast of 1938 00 02 16 00 06 12'