Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
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In this satire, an electrician from a tiny town impresses a New York radio sponsor with his booming baritone singing voice. He immediately contracts the worker to come to the Big Apple. Unfortunately, he suffers from bronchitis that changes him into a tenor. He still goes on the air, but everyone calls him a fake. Fortunately, the audience loved him. His manager then forbids him to appear publicly so he spends his spare time inventing a gadget that restores old radio sets. When it looks as though his clever invention will be stolen a beautiful woman gets it patented and then marries him. Songs include: The Oscar nominated "Remember Me," "Am I in Love?" "If I Were a Little Pond Lilly," "The Girl You Used to Be," and "Here Comes the Sandman." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Kenny Baker - Claude Dodd
- Jane Wyman - Marjorie Day
- Ferris Taylor - Hiram P. Doremus
- Gertrude Michael - Jessica Stafford
- Harry Davenport - Doc Quinn
- Owen King - Announcer
- Addison Richards - Doctor
- James Ford - Guest
- Eric Wilton - Butler
- Elliott Sullivan - Taxi Driver
- Anderson Lawler - Production Manager
- Frank Faylen - Reporter
- Clifford Soubier - Ben Kidder
- Alice Brady - Mme. Morro
- Henry O'Neill - Gateway
- Frank McHugh - "Sniffer"Hurst
- John Eldredge - Jim Lidin
- Linda Perry - Information Desk Girl
- Paul Maxey - Fred
- Florence Gill - Miss Carrie Bowers
- John Spacey - Headwaiter
- Maidel Turner - Lil Doremus
- William Hopper - 2nd Production Manager
- Sibyl Harris - Mrs. Kidder
- Claudia Simmons - Phone Girl
- Director(s):
- Alfred E. Green
- Writer(s):
- Elaine Ryan, William Wister Haines
- Producer(s):
- Mervyn LeRoy
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