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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

  • 1937
  • Approved
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
223
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Kenny Baker, Alice Brady, Frank McHugh, Gertrude Michael, and Jane Wyman in Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
ComedyMusical

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.

  • Director
    • Alfred E. Green
  • Writers
    • William Wister Haines
    • Elaine Ryan
    • Clarence Budington Kelland
  • Stars
    • Kenny Baker
    • Frank McHugh
    • Alice Brady
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    223
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alfred E. Green
    • Writers
      • William Wister Haines
      • Elaine Ryan
      • Clarence Budington Kelland
    • Stars
      • Kenny Baker
      • Frank McHugh
      • Alice Brady
    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Kenny Baker
    Kenny Baker
    • Claude L. Dodd
    Frank McHugh
    Frank McHugh
    • 'Sniffer' Sears
    Alice Brady
    Alice Brady
    • Mme. Sonia Moro
    Gertrude Michael
    Gertrude Michael
    • Jessica Stafford
    Jane Wyman
    Jane Wyman
    • Marjorie Day
    John Eldredge
    John Eldredge
    • Jim Lidin
    Henry O'Neill
    Henry O'Neill
    • D.M. Gateway
    Harry Davenport
    Harry Davenport
    • Doc Jeremiah George Quinn
    Ferris Taylor
    Ferris Taylor
    • Hiram P. Doremus
    Linda Perry
    Linda Perry
    • Information Desk Girl
    Luis Alberni
    Luis Alberni
    • Bit Part
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Chefe
    • One of Mme. Moro's Party Guests
    • (uncredited)
    Mickey Daniels
    Mickey Daniels
    • Electrician
    • (uncredited)
    Sayre Dearing
    Sayre Dearing
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Don Downen
    • Boy with Telegrams
    • (uncredited)
    Florence Gill
    • Miss Carrie Bowers
    • (uncredited)
    Betty Goble
    • Little Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Hanlon
    Tom Hanlon
    • Studio 9 Announcer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Alfred E. Green
    • Writers
      • William Wister Haines
      • Elaine Ryan
      • Clarence Budington Kelland
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The $1,000 per week Dodd is offered initially would equate to over $18,300 per week in 2020.
    • Goofs
      Claude 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 credits
      Opening credits emanate from the top of the radio transmitter tower.
    • Soundtracks
      Am 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

    User reviews6

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    5/10
    Kenny Baker's first starring role has him singing five songs in an inane plot.
    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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    • Oct 20, 1998

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 21, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • ドッド君乗出す
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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