The Phantom President

Sep 23, 1932

1h 18m

★ 5.5

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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.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Publix Corp.

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Cast

Theodore K. Blair / Peter Varney

George M. Cohan

Felicia Hammond

Claudette Colbert

Curly

Jimmy Durante

Ronkton

George Barbier

Aikenhead

Sidney Toler

Senantor Scranton

Louise Mackintosh

Jerrido

Jameson Thomas

Melrose

Julius McVicker

Announcer (uncredited)

Hooper Atchley

Sailor (uncredited)

Ed Brady

Woman at Medicine Show (uncredited)

June Gittelson

Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)

Ben Hall

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