Devil in the Flesh (1986 film)
Devil in the Flesh( original title:
Il diavolo in corpo) is an Italian film released in 1986 and directed by Marco Bellocchio.
An adaptation of Raymond Radiguet ’s novel" Le Diable au corps", the film stars Federico Pitzalis as a high school student who falls in love with an older woman( played by Maruschka Detmers).
Norman Taurog
Norman Rae Taurog( February 23, 1899 – April 7, 1981) was an American film director and screenwriter.
From 1920 to 1968, Taurog directed 180 films.
At the age of 32, he received the Academy Award for Best Director for" Skippy"( 1931).
He is the second youngest person ever to win the award after Damien Chazelle, who won for" La La Land" in 2017.
He was later nominated for Best Director for the film" Boys Town"( 1938).
He directed some of the best- known actors of the twentieth century, including his nephew Jackie Cooper, Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Deanna Durbin, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Deborah Kerr, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley.
Taurog directed six Martin and Lewis films, and nine Elvis Presley films, more than any other director.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Norman Taurog has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1600 Vine Street.
Ed Walker (radio personality)
Ed Walker( April 23, 1932 – October 26, 2015) was a Washington, D.C., radio personality.
He hosted a weekly four- hour Sunday night program," The Big Broadcast", on WAMU- FM, featuring vintage radio programs from the 1930s to 1950s, such as" Gunsmoke The Jack Benny Show The Lone RangerFibber McGee and Molly", and" Superman".
Walker began hosting" The Big Broadcast" in 1990 when his friend John Hickman discontinued hosting due to illness; the show, which started in 1964 as" Recollections", was the longest running program on WAMU.
The show ranked first in its timeslot, and its audience was" remarkably young for a public radio crowd."
The Big Broadcast of 1936
The Big Broadcast of 1936 is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, and is the second in the series of Big Broadcast movies.
The musical comedy starred Jack Oakie, Bing Crosby, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman, The Nicholas Brothers, Lyda Roberti, Wendy Barrie, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles, Akim Tamiroff, Amos' n' Andy( Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), Bill" Bojangles" Robinson, and Argentine tango singer Carlos Gardel.
The film featured an early appearance by Dorothy Dandridge( as one of the Dandridge Sisters).
Uncredited roles include Jack Mulhall.
Glenn Miller appears as part of the Ray Noble Orchestra.
In" Glenn Miller and His Orchestra"( 1974), George Thomas Simon noted that Glenn Miller was paid extra by Ray Noble" for working on" The Big Broadcast of 1936", so that Glenn's total weekly pay" was$ 356.
The screen appearance of the Ray Noble orchestra was edited down to a very brief scene on the" televisor".
The screenplay was by Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin, Ralph Spence, and Julius J. Epstein, who was uncredited.
The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Dance Direction by LeRoy Prinz for" It's the Animal in Me".
Although the film has not been released on DVD or VHS, it is available on various video sharing websites.
The Big Broadcast
The Big Broadcast is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Stuart Erwin, and Leila Hyams.
Based on the play" Wild Waves" by William Ford Manley, the film is about a radio- singer who becomes a popular hit with audiences, but takes a casual approach to his career.
A casual affair leads to his dismissal, but his career is saved by the station manager who buys the station and gives him his job back.
The film co-stars George Burns and Gracie Allen in supporting roles.
" The Big Broadcast" was produced by Paramount Pictures and was the first in a series of four" Big Broadcast" movies.
Nunzio Malasomma
Nunzio Malasomma (4 February 1894 – 12 January 1974) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
He directed 41 films between 1923 and 1968.
Louis Halmy
Lou Halmy( June 23, 1911 – March 14, 2005) was a jazz musician and music arranger with Shep Fields and he appeared in" The Big Broadcast of 1938".
He was born in Budapest, Hungary.
He is credited on the sheet music as the arranger of Tequila.
Il Diavolo in convento
Il Diavolo in convento is a 1950 Italian film directed by Nunzio Malasomma.
Leo Robin
Leo Robin( April 6, 1900 – December 29, 1984) was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter.
He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar- winning song" Thanks for the Memory", sung by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in the film" The Big Broadcast of 1938".
The Big Broadcast of 1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures musical comedy film featuring W. C. Fields and Bob Hope.
Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of" Big Broadcast" movies that were variety show anthologies.
This film featured the debut of Hope's signature song," Thanks for the Memory" by Ralph Rainger.

Question: Which film has the director who died first, Il Diavolo In Convento or The Big Broadcast Of 1936?
Answer: Il Diavolo In Convento