The Phantom President

1932

78 min

5.5

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Comedy, Music

Director

Norman Taurog

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

George M. Cohan

Claudette Colbert

Jimmy Durante

George Barbier

Sidney Toler

Louise Mackintosh

Jameson Thomas

Julius McVicker

Hooper Atchley

Ed Brady

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The Phantom President

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.

  • George M. Cohan

  • Claudette Colbert

  • Jimmy Durante

  • George Barbier

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