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The Phantom President

  • 1932
  • TMDB 6.5/10
  • 1h 18m

Too bad for the 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. But as election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.

Overview

Too bad for the 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. But as election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.

Cast

  • George M. CohanTheodore K. Blair / Peter Varney
  • Claudette ColbertFelicia Hammond
  • Jimmy DuranteCurly
  • George BarbierRonkton
  • Sidney TolerAikenhead
  • Louise MackintoshSenantor Scranton
  • Jameson ThomasJerrido
  • Julius McVickerMelrose

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