"GREAT AMERICAN BROADCAST"
OCTAGON THEATRE
In " The Great American Broadcast," which will commence a season at the Octagon Theatre to-morrow, that sensational trio of " Tin Pan Alley,*' Alice Faye. John Payne, and Jack Oakie, scored another outstanding hit, Cesar Romero, the star of "Tall, Dark, and Handsome," is starred with them in the hit. "The Great American Broadcast" is the tuneful story of radio broadcasting keyed to a gay note. Skilfully reflecting the mood of the period spanned by ths picture are the catchv numbers written especially for the film bv Mack Gordon and. Harry Warren. You'll come out whistling "Run. Little Raindrop, Run," "Long Ago Last Night," "I Take to You," "I've Got a Bone to Pick With You," "The Great American Broadcast," "Where You Are," and "It's All in a Lifetime."
The story is gay, and yet dramatic. Alice, John, Jack, and Cesar are four people filled with confidence and courage as they strive to make America musically conscious via the airwaves, something that has never been done before. They put over the first broadcast of opera and boxing, and put across the idea of a nation-wide hookup.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24739, 16 October 1941, Page 3
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