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'The Great American Broadcast' is a 1941 comedy film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Jack Oakie, Alice Faye and John Payne.

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]

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PLOT SYNOPSIS

Film is set in a time when radio broadcasts were all "local" and could not get beyond their origin city.

Impoverished roommates Rix Martin(Payne) and Chuck Hadley(Oakie) are determined to be the first to do a Coast-to-Coast

radio broadcast;investing what little profit their local station makes into advanced radio equipment.

They get their wish when they bootleg the 1919 heavyweight championship prizefight between Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey from

ringside in Toledo,Ohio.(There is some fractured history,as Willard was knocked out in the third round;not the first).

Meanwhile,the station's band singer(Faye) finds herself swamped with suitors---Payne,Oakie,and wealthy playboy Bruce

Chadwick(Romero),without whose financial backing the radio station could not function.

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