The Phantom President
Vote the Laugh Ticket
1932 | 78m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Norman Taurog |
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| Writer: | George F. Worts, Walter DeLeon, Harlan Thompson |
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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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 23, 1932 |
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| Director: | Norman Taurog |
| Writer: | George F. Worts, Walter DeLeon, Harlan Thompson |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | usa president, medicine show, election, political campaign, pre-code, impersonation, presidential candidate, double, romantic entanglements, political conventions |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Paramount Publix Corp. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| George M. Cohan | Theodore K. Blair / Peter Varney |
| Claudette Colbert | Felicia Hammond |
| Jimmy Durante | Curly |
| George Barbier | Ronkton |
| Sidney Toler | Aikenhead |
| Louise Mackintosh | Senantor Scranton |
| Jameson Thomas | Jerrido |
| Julius McVicker | Melrose |
| Hooper Atchley | Announcer (uncredited) |
| Ed Brady | Sailor (uncredited) |
| June Gittelson | Woman at Medicine Show (uncredited) |
| Ben Hall | Man at Medicine Show (uncredited) |
| Paul Hurst | Sailor (uncredited) |
| Edward LeSaint | Convention Chairman (uncredited) |
| Charles Middleton | Abe Lincoln (uncredited) |
| Frank Mills | Driver (uncredited) |
| Edmund Mortimer | Guest (uncredited) |
| Alan Mowbray | George Washington (uncredited) |
| Tom Ricketts | Old Man (uncredited) |
| Frank Sheridan | Candidate (uncredited) |
| Jerry Tucker | Catcher (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| David Abel | Director of Photography |
| Gene Merritt | Sound |
| LeRoy Stone | Editor |
| George F. Worts | Novel |
| Norman Taurog | Director |
| John Leipold | Music |
| Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Walter DeLeon | Screenplay |
| Harlan Thompson | Screenplay |
| George M. Cohan | Songs |
| Richard Rodgers | Songs |
| Lorenz Hart | Songs |
| Irving Lippman | Still Photographer |
| Ernest Laszlo | Camera Operator |
| Edward Dmytryk | Assistant Editor |
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