The Phantom President

The Phantom President

78 mins | Comedy, Music | Sept. 23, 1932

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.

The Phantom President

78 mins | Comedy, Music | Sept. 23, 1932

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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Paramount
Original title The Phantom President
Directors Norman Taurog
Writers George F. Worts, Walter DeLeon, Harlan Thompson

Cast

George M. Cohan

as Theodore K. Blair / Peeter J. 'Doc' Varney

Claudette Colbert

as Felicia Hammond

Jimmy Durante

as Curly Cooney

George Barbier

as Boss Jim Ronkton

Sidney Toler

as Prof. Aikenhead

Louise Mackintosh

as Sen. Sarah Scranton

Jameson Thomas

as Jerrido

Julius McVicker

as Sen. Melrose