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The Phantom President (1932)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Norman Taurog
  • Profile picture of George M. Cohan
    Theodore K. Blair / Peter Varney George M. Cohan
  • Profile picture of Claudette Colbert
    Felicia Hammond Claudette Colbert
  • Profile picture of Jimmy Durante
    Curly Jimmy Durante
  • Profile picture of George Barbier
    Ronkton George Barbier
  • Profile picture of Sidney Toler
    Aikenhead Sidney Toler
  • Profile picture of Louise Mackintosh
    Senantor Scranton Louise Mackintosh
  • Profile picture of Jameson Thomas
    Jerrido Jameson Thomas
  • Profile picture of Hooper Atchley
    Announcer (uncredited) Hooper Atchley

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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