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The Phantom President (1932)

The Phantom President (1932)

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Release Date: 1932, September 23
Directors: Norman Taurog
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Publix Corp., Paramount Publix Corp., Paramount Publix Corp.
Cast: Paul Hurst, Charles Middleton, Ben Hall, Edward LeSaint, Alan Mowbray, Frank Mills, Edmund Mortimer, Ed Brady, Hooper Atchley, Jimmy Durante, June Gittelson, Claudette Colbert

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

presidential candidate political satire usa president satirical mistaken identity political campaign impersonation election pre-code double romantic entanglements medicine show political conventions