A presidential candidate is deemed to have a dull personality, thus a charismatic look-alike is hired as a front.
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Title: The Phantom President (1932)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| George M. Cohan | ... | Theodore K. Blair / Peeter J. 'Doc' Varney | |
| Claudette Colbert | ... | Felicia Hammond | |
| Jimmy Durante | ... | Curly Cooney | |
| George Barbier | ... | Boss Jim Ronkton | |
| Sidney Toler | ... | Prof. Aikenhead | |
| Louise Mackintosh | ... | Sen. Sarah Scranton | |
| Jameson Thomas | ... | Jerrido | |
| Julius McVicker | ... | Sen. Melrose | |
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Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. As election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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The Yankee Doodle Dandy and the Schnozzola write a new chapter in American Hysterics! (Print Ad- New York Sun, ((New York NY)) 29 September 1932) See more »Parents Guide:
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Written by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Sung and chanted by uncredited players
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One of Paramount's biggest flops of 1932. See more »Quotes
Prof. Aikenhead: Blair lacks political charm. Blair has no flair for savoir faire.See more »
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PHANTOM PRESIDENT PRELUDEWritten by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Sung and chanted by uncredited players
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23 September 1932 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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All the actors sparkle here, even Durante (who killed more than one MGM feature in his day) is a riot. Colbert is dazzling in every scene, even while bathing a dog. Cohan is fresh and fun, too bad he didn't make any other talkies. This production wreaks of Paramount, right down to the Lubitch touches of rhyming dialogue and animals delivering a musical number laced with sexual innuendo. In one instance the camera dissolves from the back side of a jackass to the keynote speaker of the Presidential convention; some things never change and it's still fresh!
Will Hays would have had a lot to say about this production if he could have gotten his hands on it.... :)