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The Phantom President  (1932)
Vote the Laugh Ticket


5.5|23 Sept, 1932|78 min
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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.
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Keywords
usa president
mistaken identity
medicine show
election
political campaign
pre-code
impersonation
presidential candidate
double
political satire
romantic entanglements
satirical
political conventions

Casts

George M. Cohan
George M. Cohan
Theodore K. Blair / Peter Varney
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
Felicia Hammond
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante
Curly
George Barbier
George Barbier
Ronkton
Sidney Toler
Sidney Toler
Aikenhead
Louise Mackintosh
Louise Mackintosh
Senantor Scranton
Jameson Thomas
Jameson Thomas
Jerrido
Julius McVicker
Melrose
Hooper Atchley
Hooper Atchley
Announcer (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Ed Brady
Sailor (uncredited)
June Gittelson
June Gittelson
Woman at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Ben Hall
Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Paul Hurst
Paul Hurst
Sailor (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Edward LeSaint
Convention Chairman (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Charles Middleton
Abe Lincoln (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Frank Mills
Driver (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Guest (uncredited)
Alan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray
George Washington (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Tom Ricketts
Old Man (uncredited)
Frank Sheridan
Frank Sheridan
Candidate (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker
Jerry Tucker
Catcher (uncredited)

Crews

Norman Taurog
Norman Taurog
Director
John Leipold
John Leipold
Music
LeRoy Stone
Editor
David Abel
Director of Photography
Gene Merritt
Sound
Travis Banton
Travis Banton
Costume Design
George F. Worts
Novel
Walter DeLeon
Screenplay
Harlan Thompson
Screenplay
George M. Cohan
George M. Cohan
Songs
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
Songs
Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Hart
Songs
Irving Lippman
Still Photographer
Ernest Laszlo
Ernest Laszlo
Camera Operator
Edward Dmytryk
Edward Dmytryk
Assistant Editor

Backdrops & Posters