poster on linen "Jell-O" JACK BENNY The Big Broadcast of 1937 LINENBACKED Rare

Description

Original 1936 Grocery Store JELL-O Promotional Poster (22x11) movie and radio tie-in, on Linen Backing. This poster was used in local grocery outlets for advertising of upcoming movie "THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1937" to the local Stanley Theatre (see lower right corner SNIPE Ad). JACK BENNY was a huge Radio Star at time. Poster is VERY GOOD+ condition with natural fold and edgewear and NO visible pinholes. Very minor blemishes near outer right border, artistically restored. See photo. Linen Border is about 1 to 2 inches outside the actual paper border edge. Bright and Colorful with great image of star's face. FAST & SAFE DELIVERY.
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1936.  PLOT SUMMARY : A cream-of-the-crop gathering of 1930's radio stars, who lend themselves to a storyline about a failing radio station which needs to put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation. An interesting mixture of the stars whose fame continued to grow, those who became bit players in show business history, and those who have been forgotten entirely. VIEWER COMMENT: "Benny plays a radio exec, and Ray Milland works for him. Burns and Allen portray sponsors. Raye is Benny's secretary, and Shirley Ross is an aspiring singer who desires radio stardom. Gracie Allen of course was hilarious doing her dingbat stuff. I had just seen Burns in Going in Style so I was impressed with how good- looking and vital he was in his day - not that I hadn't seen him before, it just stood out because he was so old in the other film. I was extremely impressed with the beautiful singing of Frank Forest, who was a Metropolitan Opera star. Shirley Ross was excellent as well, playing a singer who gets lost in the attention of stardom. Ross never really made it to film stardom, and was given a great opportunity to star on Broadway in Guys & Dolls, but decided against it and devoted herself to her family instead. Raye as Patsy the secretary gets her big break at the end and shows what a great voice she had. Bob Burns has a funny bit as a country boy who keeps coming on the radio and trying to find Leopold Stokowski, who also appears. He wants to show Stokowski his invention, an instrument which is a long tube, calling it a bazooka."
CAST INCLUDES : Jack Benny, Burns & Allen, Ray Milland, Martha Raye, Stan Kavanaugh, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Gene Krupa, Leopold Stokowski, William Hopper, Shirley Ross, Frank Forest, Bob Burns