The Big Broadcast of 1937
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The Big Broadcast of 1937 is a 1936 musical comedy film featuring Gracie Allen and other popular radio and vaudeville stars in a revue-style story built around a struggling radio station.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Broadcast of 1937 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7237102 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Big Broadcast of 1937 Context triple: [Gracie Allen, notableWork, The Big Broadcast of 1937]
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The Big Broadcast of 1936
The Big Broadcast of 1936 is a 1935 American musical comedy film featuring an ensemble cast of radio and musical stars, known for its variety-show format and early use of big-band performances on screen.
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The Big Broadcast of 1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount musical comedy film best known for introducing the classic song "Thanks for the Memory," performed by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross.
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C.
The Great American Broadcast
The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
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D.
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Mercury Theatre on the Air was a 1938 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles and John Houseman, best known for its innovative, cinematic adaptations of literary classics and the infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
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E.
The Alcoa Hour
The Alcoa Hour was an American live television anthology drama series that aired on NBC in the 1950s, featuring original plays and adaptations sponsored by the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Big Broadcast of 1937 Target entity description: The Big Broadcast of 1937 is a 1936 musical comedy film featuring Gracie Allen and other popular radio and vaudeville stars in a revue-style story built around a struggling radio station.
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A.
The Big Broadcast of 1936
The Big Broadcast of 1936 is a 1935 American musical comedy film featuring an ensemble cast of radio and musical stars, known for its variety-show format and early use of big-band performances on screen.
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B.
The Big Broadcast of 1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount musical comedy film best known for introducing the classic song "Thanks for the Memory," performed by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross.
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C.
The Great American Broadcast
The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
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D.
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Mercury Theatre on the Air was a 1938 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles and John Houseman, best known for its innovative, cinematic adaptations of literary classics and the infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
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E.
The Alcoa Hour
The Alcoa Hour was an American live television anthology drama series that aired on NBC in the 1950s, featuring original plays and adaptations sponsored by the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by F. Hugh Herbert ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Leo Tover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Mitchell Leisen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Paul Weatherwax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1930s American cinema ⓘ |
| featuresPerformer |
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fats Waller NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Raye NERFINISHED ⓘ Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Big Broadcast of 1938 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Big Broadcast of 1936 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ musical film ⓘ |
| hasRevueStructure | true ⓘ |
| includesSong |
If I Had a Million Dollars
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
You Came to My Rescue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Big Broadcast film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A struggling radio station stages a star-studded broadcast to save itself from financial ruin. ⓘ |
| producer |
Adolph Zukor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benjamin Glazer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1936-10-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
F. Hugh Herbert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Francis Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter DeLeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | radio station ⓘ |
| stars |
Benny Goodman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ Gracie Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Benny NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopold Stokowski NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Milland NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Big Broadcast of 1937 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Big Broadcast of 1937 Description of subject: The Big Broadcast of 1937 is a 1936 musical comedy film featuring Gracie Allen and other popular radio and vaudeville stars in a revue-style story built around a struggling radio station.
Referenced by (2)
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