A small town electrician becomes a hit singer in New York and gets involved with a gold digger, a thief, an opera singer and the woman he loves.A small town electrician becomes a hit singer in New York and gets involved with a gold digger, a thief, an opera singer and the woman he loves.A small town electrician becomes a hit singer in New York and gets involved with a gold digger, a thief, an opera singer and the woman he loves.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Luis Alberni
- Bit Part
- (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
- One of Mme. Moro's Party Guests
- (uncredited)
Mickey Daniels
- Electrician
- (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Don Downen
- Boy with Telegrams
- (uncredited)
Florence Gill
- Miss Carrie Bowers
- (uncredited)
Betty Goble
- Little Girl
- (uncredited)
Tom Hanlon
- Studio 9 Announcer
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe $1,000 per week Dodd is offered initially would equate to over $21,000 per week in 2024.
- GoofsClaude Dodd is seen quickly putting on his jacket over shirt sleeves rolled up above his elbows, before taking the stage to sing his first song, but after a brief cut to audience members, his shirt cuffs are showing properly at his wrists under the jacket.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits emanate from the top of the radio transmitter tower.
- SoundtracksAm I in Love?
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Played during the opening credits
Also performed by Kenny Baker during the second broadcast and toward the end
Also played by the band at the nightclub
Featured review
Popular radio tenor Kenny Baker plays a naive country bumpkin who gets a chance to sing on radio and becomes a big hit, while falling for the station's secretary, Jane Wyman. I enjoyed Baker's singing of the five songs in the movie (one as a baritone that was undoubtedly dubbed), but the plot is so thin the writers introduce a subplot, which has him the inventor of a gadget that makes a $19 radio sound like a $500 one. Naturally, there's a villain (John Eldredge) who wants to steal it, and a gold digger(Gertrude Michael), who loves Baker's $1000 per week salary, helping the villain. Baker's manager, Frank McHugh, is there for comedy, while Alice Brady shows up as a famous but ditsy egotistical opera singer, a role some people may enjoy but I found totally superfluous. Michael pits herself against Wyman, who patented the gadget in her name to protect Baker, and he is so disillusioned about it all, he fakes losing his voice to return to his home town of Pewamo to work as an electrician, leaving his device and everyone back in New York. But they haven't forgotten about him.
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) officially released in India in English?
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