The Phantom President (1932)

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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 (21)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

J

Julius McVicker

Melrose

Hooper Atchley

Announcer (uncredited)

Ed Brady

Sailor (uncredited)

June Gittelson

Woman at Medicine Show (uncredited)

B

Ben Hall

Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)

P

Paul Hurst

Sailor (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Convention Chairman (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

Abe Lincoln (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Driver (uncredited)

E

Edmund Mortimer

Guest (uncredited)

Alan Mowbray

George Washington (uncredited)

Tom Ricketts

Old Man (uncredited)

Frank Sheridan

Candidate (uncredited)

Jerry Tucker

Catcher (uncredited)

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