The great American broadcast
(2008, original release: 1941)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/MUSICAL/GREAT

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/MUSICAL/GREAT Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]
©2008
EDITION
Full frame
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
024543536901, 024543525974
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Also issued as part of the box set The Alice Faye collection, volume 2 (UPC: 024543525974)

After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together

Originally released as a motion picture in 1941

Special features: Radio waves: the real history of The great American broadcast featurette ; restoration comparison ; original theatrical trailer ; advertising gallery ; still gallery

Lyrics and music by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; cinematography, Leon Shamroy, Peverell Marley ; editor, Robert Simpson

Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Cesar Romero, The Four Ink Spots, James Newill, the Nicholas Brothers, the Wiere Brothers

Not rated

DVD ; Dolby Digital mono. ; NTSC

English dialogue; English, French or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

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