Big Broadcast of 1938 (Original screenplay for the 1938 film)

  • Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1937
By W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Shirley Ross (starring); Mitchell Leisen (director); Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Russel Crouse, Walter DeLeon, Ken Englund, Howard Lindsay, Francis Martin (screenwriters)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1937. Final script for the 1938 film.

The S.S. Gigantic, an expensive, "radio-powered" ocean liner prepares to race its rival, the ocean liner S.S. Colossal, across the Atlantic, from New York to Cherbourg, in two and a half days. Sabotage and romantic hijinks ensue on both sides. Bob Hope's first feature film appearance.

Self wrappers. Title page present, dated September 11, 1937, noted as FINAL WHITE SCRIPT, stamped FILE COPY and MASTER FILE, noted as production No. 1157. 145 leaves, with last page of text numbered D-54. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 10-15-37. Pages Very Good plus, with the title page and last three leaves separated from the binding, side stitched with two staples.

Details

Title

Big Broadcast of 1938 (Original screenplay for the 1938 film)

Author

W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Shirley Ross (starring); Mitchell Leisen (director); Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Russel Crouse, Walter DeLeon, Ken Englund, Howard Lindsay, Francis Martin (screenwriters)

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

Paramount Pictures: Hollywood

Date

1937


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