The Phantom President (1932)

09/23/1932 (US) • 1h 18m

Comedy, Music

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Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

George M. Cohan

Theodore K. Blair / Peter Varney

Claudette Colbert

Felicia Hammond

Sidney Toler

Aikenhead

Louise Mackintosh

Senantor Scranton

Hooper Atchley

Announcer (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

usa president

mistaken identity

medicine show

election

political campaign

pre-code

impersonation

presidential candidate

double

political satire

romantic entanglements

satirical

political conventions

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