The Big Broadcast of 1938

1938 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 1,129 VOTES · DIR. Mitchell Leisen

The Big Broadcast of 1938 poster

Overview

The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,145 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:30 [ Whistle ]
00:05:02 - I won't touch a cent of it. - What did you bet it on?
00:08:11 Where am I? Drat, drat, drat!
00:11:27 Go.
00:16:13 Just a coot.
00:20:49 Hey!
00:25:01 We're off, Pegasus!
00:28:02 I'll fix it so that nobody else can.
00:31:46 Don't tell a secret to a rose
00:36:43 Everybody seems to see me in a bad light.
00:40:05 Say, what gives out here anyway?
00:46:18 And how does a June bride feel? I wonder. I wonder.
00:49:22 Can't be your child. It's got whiskers, and it smells like an old gum boot.
00:52:25 So the first flier looked down, and he said, "Pardon me.''
00:55:42 And then there's the one about the fellow that went to the dentist.
00:58:35 Any mirror can just fall down and break.
01:01:31 Motor trips and burning lips and burning toast and prunes
01:05:05 Awfully glad I met you
01:08:02 Thank you. It's my next shot. Thanks. Go ahead.
01:10:51 with my valuable papers. Yeah, but my name's Harry.
01:14:13 Ho-ho mama, dear mama
01:17:33 She played her cards right, and I gave her a diamond tiara. You know, Mr. Bellows
01:20:42 The papers predicted it never would last
01:26:58 The waltz lives on

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,145
Dialogue density12.2 lines / min
First line00:00:30
Final line01:26:58

Production Record

DirectorMitchell Leisen
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,000,000
IMDb votes1,129